McGaffey, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,080 ft 2,465 m8,000 ft 2,435 m7,950 ft 2,425 m7,870 ft 2,400 m7,790 ft 2,375 m7,740 ft 2,360 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
McGaffey sits at about 7,810 ft (2,380 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
7,810 ft 2,380 m
few residents
Lowest
7,740 ft 2,360 m
on the southwest side
Highest
8,080 ft 2,465 m
on the south side
Average
7,830 ft 2,385 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
McGaffey spans about 340 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 7,810 ft2,380 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 8,080 ft2,465 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 7,740 ft2,360 m |
| Town center USGS map point for McGaffey | 7,840 ft2,390 m |
| Average of all land | 7,830 ft2,385 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,810 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
197.5 °F91.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
75% of sea level
22.4 inHg (75.8 kPa): each breath holds 25% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+16% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 0 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.3753° N, 108.5156° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Colorado Plateaus
- Drains to
- Zuni River → Little Colorado River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- ZIP codes 1
- 87316
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- McGaffey7,810 ft
- Pinehaven7,380 ft
- Continental Divide7,260 ft
- Timberlake7,120 ft
- Jamestown7,090 ft
- Fort Wingate6,940 ft
- Iyanbito6,880 ft
- Catalpa Canyon6,770 ft
- Sundance6,760 ft
- Church Rock6,740 ft
- White Cliffs6,590 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico11th highest of 528
- Towns in McKinley Countyhighest of 43
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Taylor11,290 ft
- Cebollita Peak8,766 ft
- Mount Powell8,752 ft
- Hosta Butte8,624 ft
- Red Mesa, McKinley County7,610 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
- McGaffey is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.