Orogrande, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orogrande, New Mexico, shaded from 4,160 ft on the south side to 4,830 ft at the foot of the Jarilla Mountains
Elevation
4,830 ft 1,470 m4,660 ft 1,420 m4,580 ft 1,395 m4,410 ft 1,345 m4,240 ft 1,295 m4,160 ft 1,270 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Orogrande sits at about 4,240 ft (1,295 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
4,240 ft 1,295 m
few residents
Lowest
4,160 ft 1,270 m
on the south side
Highest
4,830 ft 1,470 m
at the foot of the Jarilla Mountains
Average
4,260 ft 1,300 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Orogrande spans about 670 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
4,240 ft1,295 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Jarilla Mountains
4,830 ft1,470 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
4,160 ft1,270 m
Average of all land4,260 ft1,300 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.3 mi south to north through the middle of Orogrande.

Altitude Effects

What 4,240 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
204.1 °F95.6 °C

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

Air pressure
86% of sea level

25.6 inHg (86.7 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.9% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+8% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orogrande, New Mexico, shaded from 4,160 ft on the south side to 4,830 ft at the foot of the Jarilla Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Otero County, New Mexico, United States
Population
35 2020 Census
Land area
5.7 sq mi
Density
6 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.3789° N, 106.0912° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
ZIP codes 1
88342
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Timberon7,120 ft
  2. Organ5,050 ft
  3. Butterfield Park4,620 ft
  4. Alamogordo4,400 ft
  5. White Sands4,350 ft
  6. Orogrande4,240 ft
  7. Boles Acres4,110 ft
  8. Homestead Meadows North, TX4,070 ft
  9. Holloman AFB4,070 ft
  10. Chaparral4,060 ft
  11. Berino3,840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Organ Peak8,850 ft
  • San Andres Peak8,244 ft
  • Big Brushy Mountain7,490 ft
  • Bennett Mountain7,200 ft
  • Alamo Mountain6,670 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²) (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts) and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 4,160 ft at 32.3657° N, 106.0915° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Orogrande 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.