Mora, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,460 ft 2,580 m8,130 ft 2,475 m7,960 ft 2,425 m7,620 ft 2,320 m7,280 ft 2,220 m7,110 ft 2,165 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Mora sits at about 7,270 ft (2,215 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,270 ft 2,215 m
most residents: 7,180–7,610 ft
Lowest
7,110 ft 2,165 m
on the east side
Highest
8,460 ft 2,580 m
on the southwest side
Average
7,420 ft 2,260 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Mora spans about 1,350 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 | 7,270 ft2,215 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 8,460 ft2,580 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 7,110 ft2,165 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Mora | 7,180 ft2,190 m |
| Average of all land | 7,420 ft2,260 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,270 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.5 °F92.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
76% of sea level
22.9 inHg (77.4 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mora County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 547 2020 Census
- Land area
- 8.0 sq mi
- Density
- 68 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.9742° N, 105.3300° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Mora River → Canadian River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 87715 87732
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Angel Fire8,620 ft
- Truchas8,050 ft
- Peñasco7,630 ft
- Vadito7,500 ft
- Ojo Sarco7,430 ft
- Chamisal7,390 ft
- Picuris Pueblo7,340 ft
- Rio Lucio7,310 ft
- Mora7,270 ft
- Las Vegas6,490 ft
- Watrous6,420 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico53rd highest of 528
- Towns in Mora Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Middle Truchas Peak13,060 ft
- Trampas Peak12,170 ft
- Cerro Vista11,940 ft
- Hermit Peak10,267 ft
- Cerro Pelon8,894 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
- Mora 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.