Newkirk, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,640 ft 1,415 m4,610 ft 1,405 m4,590 ft 1,400 m4,560 ft 1,390 m4,530 ft 1,380 m4,520 ft 1,375 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
Newkirk sits at about 4,570 ft (1,395 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
4,570 ft 1,395 m
few residents
Lowest
4,520 ft 1,375 m
on the east side
Highest
4,640 ft 1,415 m
on the southwest side
Average
4,580 ft 1,395 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Newkirk spans about 120 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 | 4,570 ft1,395 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 4,640 ft1,415 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 4,520 ft1,375 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Newkirk | 4,560 ft1,390 m |
| Average of all land | 4,580 ft1,395 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,570 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.5 °F95.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.3 inHg (85.7 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Guadalupe County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 8 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Density
- 7 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.0684° N, 104.2647° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Pajarito Creek → Canadian River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 88417
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Anton Chico5,300 ft
- Pastura5,290 ft
- Llano del Medio5,240 ft
- House4,700 ft
- Santa Rosa4,620 ft
- Newkirk4,570 ft
- Puerto de Luna4,500 ft
- Lake Sumner4,340 ft
- Conchas Dam4,230 ft
- Tucumcari4,100 ft
- Fort Sumner4,040 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico423rd highest of 528
- Towns in Guadalupe County6th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Luciano Mesa5,590 ft
- Cuervo Mesa5,320 ft
- Cuervito Peak4,980 ft
- Mesa del Gato4,890 ft
- Mesita del Gato4,730 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.
- Newkirk 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. All public domain.