Mountainair, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,590 ft 2,010 m6,550 ft 1,995 m6,530 ft 1,990 m6,490 ft 1,980 m6,450 ft 1,965 m6,430 ft 1,960 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Mountainair sits at about 6,540 ft (1,995 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,540 ft 1,995 m
most residents: 6,510–6,570 ft
Lowest
6,430 ft 1,960 m
on the northeast side
Highest
6,590 ft 2,010 m
on the west side
Average
6,530 ft 1,990 m
all land inside town limits
Mountainair spans about 160 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 | 6,540 ft1,995 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 6,590 ft2,010 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the northeast side | 6,430 ft1,960 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Mountainair | 6,520 ft1,990 m |
| Average of all land | 6,530 ft1,990 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,540 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.8 °F93.2 °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
- Location
- Town in Torrance County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 927 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 586 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.5203° N, 106.2411° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Laguna del Perro basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 87036
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Manzano7,170 ft
- Chilili6,890 ft
- Torreon, Torrance County6,720 ft
- Tajique6,700 ft
- Deer Canyon6,600 ft
- Punta de Agua6,570 ft
- Mountainair6,540 ft
- McIntosh6,170 ft
- Estancia6,110 ft
- Willard6,100 ft
- Meadow Lake5,310 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico167th highest of 528
- Towns in Torrance County7th highest of 14
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sandia Crest10,670 ft
- Bosque Peak9,620 ft
- Ladron Peak9,186 ft
- South Mountain8,750 ft
- Gallinas Peak8,640 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.