Moriarty, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

6,420 ft 1,955 m6,350 ft 1,935 m6,320 ft 1,925 m6,260 ft 1,905 m6,190 ft 1,890 m6,160 ft 1,880 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.
City area: Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Moriarty sits at about 6,220 ft (1,895 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

6,220 ft 1,895 m

most residents: 6,220–6,230 ft

Lowest

6,160 ft 1,880 m

on the southeast side

Highest

6,420 ft 1,955 m

on the northwest side

Average

6,230 ft 1,900 m

all land inside city limits

Moriarty spans about 260 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	6,220 ft1,895 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side	6,420 ft1,955 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side	6,160 ft1,880 m
Town center USGS map point for Moriarty	6,220 ft1,895 m
Airport (0E0) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi east of the city limits	6,204 ft1,891 m
Average of all land	6,230 ft1,900 m

Altitude Effects

What 6,220 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at

200.4 °F93.6 °C

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

Air pressure

79% of sea level

23.8 inHg (80.5 kPa): each breath holds 21% less air.

Oxygen equivalent

16.6% 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: City in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States
Population: 2,059 2024 est.
Land area: 6.9 sq mi
Density: 297 per sq mi
Coordinates: 34.9901° N, 106.0492° W
Time zone: Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region: Basin and Range
Drains to: Laguna del Perro basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport: Moriarty Municipal (0E0) 6,204 ft
ZIP codes 1: 87035

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Ponderosa Pine7,600 ft
Manzano Springs7,020 ft
Chilili6,890 ft
Barton6,840 ft
Cedar Grove6,800 ft
Thunder Mountain6,700 ft
Edgewood6,590 ft
Indian Hills6,440 ft
Stanley6,340 ft
Moriarty6,220 ft
McIntosh6,170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in New Mexico214th highest of 528
Towns in Torrance County10th highest of 14

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Sandia Crest10,670 ft
Thompson Peak10,557 ft
Bosque Peak9,620 ft
Placer Mountain8,900 ft
South Mountain8,750 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.