Maxwell, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,950 ft 1,815 m5,940 ft 1,810 m5,940 ft 1,810 m5,920 ft 1,805 m5,910 ft 1,800 m5,910 ft 1,800 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Village area
- Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Maxwell sits at about 5,930 ft (1,810 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,930 ft 1,810 m
most residents: 5,920–5,950 ft
Lowest
5,910 ft 1,800 m
on the southeast side
Highest
5,950 ft 1,815 m
on the west side
Average
5,930 ft 1,805 m
all land inside village limits
Maxwell spans about 40 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 5,930 ft1,810 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, on the west side | 5,950 ft1,815 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the southeast side | 5,910 ft1,800 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Maxwell | 5,930 ft1,805 m |
| Average of all land | 5,930 ft1,805 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,930 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.0 °F93.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
80% of sea level
24.0 inHg (81.4 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 224 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 633 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.5400° N, 104.5433° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Canadian River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87728
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Eagle Nest8,250 ft
- Ute Park7,400 ft
- Capulin6,840 ft
- Raton6,670 ft
- Cimarron6,450 ft
- Valdez, CO6,430 ft
- Folsom6,400 ft
- Starkville, CO6,370 ft
- Wagon Mound6,220 ft
- Maxwell5,930 ft
- Springer5,860 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico263rd highest of 528
- Towns in Colfax County6th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Baldy Mountain12,430 ft
- Mount Phillips11,742 ft
- Agua Fria Peak11,050 ft
- Laughlin Peak8,824 ft
- Sierra Grande8,724 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census village limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.