Milan, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milan, New Mexico, shaded from 6,490 ft on the southeast side to 6,720 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,720 ft 2,050 m6,670 ft 2,030 m6,640 ft 2,025 m6,580 ft 2,005 m6,520 ft 1,990 m6,490 ft 1,980 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Milan sits at about 6,520 ft (1,990 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,520 ft 1,990 m
most residents: 6,510–6,550 ft
Lowest
6,490 ft 1,980 m
on the southeast side
Highest
6,720 ft 2,050 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
6,540 ft 1,995 m
all land inside village limits

Milan spans about 230 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,520 ft1,990 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
6,720 ft2,050 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the southeast side
6,490 ft1,980 m
Town center
USGS map point for Milan
6,520 ft1,985 m
Airport (GNT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi west of the village limits
6,537 ft1,992 m
Average of all land6,540 ft1,995 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,520 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
199.9 °F93.3 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
79% of sea level

23.5 inHg (79.6 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.5% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+13% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milan, New Mexico, shaded from 6,490 ft on the southeast side to 6,720 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Village in Cibola County, New Mexico, United States
Population
2,472 2024 est.
Land area
4.4 sq mi
Density
561 per sq mi
Coordinates
35.1698° N, 107.8909° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Colorado Plateaus
Drains to
Rio San Jose → Rio Puerco → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
Airport
Grants-milan Municipal (GNT) 6,537 ft
ZIP codes 2
87020 87021
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lobo Canyon7,190 ft
  2. Haystack7,070 ft
  3. Bluewater Village6,630 ft
  4. Broadview6,570 ft
  5. Golden Acres6,550 ft
  6. Milan6,520 ft
  7. San Rafael6,490 ft
  8. Grants6,460 ft
  9. Mount Taylor6,440 ft
  10. Anzac Village6,280 ft
  11. McCartys Village6,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Taylor11,290 ft
  • Cebollita Peak8,766 ft
  • Mount Powell8,752 ft
  • Hosta Butte8,624 ft
  • Mesa Gallina7,840 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.