Ponderosa Pine, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,720 ft 2,355 m7,560 ft 2,305 m7,480 ft 2,280 m7,320 ft 2,230 m7,160 ft 2,185 m7,080 ft 2,160 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
Ponderosa Pine sits at about 7,600 ft (2,315 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
7,600 ft 2,315 m
most residents: 7,490–7,640 ft
Lowest
7,080 ft 2,160 m
on the southwest side
Highest
7,720 ft 2,355 m
on the northwest side
Average
7,480 ft 2,280 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Ponderosa Pine spans about 640 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 | 7,600 ft2,315 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 7,720 ft2,355 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 7,080 ft2,160 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ponderosa Pine | 7,520 ft2,295 m |
| Average of all land | 7,480 ft2,280 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,600 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
197.9 °F92.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
75% of sea level
22.6 inHg (76.4 kPa): each breath holds 25% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.8% 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 Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 1,092 2020 Census
- Land area
- 8.0 sq mi
- Density
- 136 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.9770° N, 106.3242° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87059
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Ponderosa Pine7,600 ft
- Cedro7,280 ft
- Sedillo7,080 ft
- Manzano Springs7,020 ft
- Chilili6,890 ft
- Barton6,840 ft
- Cedar Crest6,810 ft
- Thunder Mountain6,700 ft
- Edgewood6,590 ft
- Tijeras6,460 ft
- Carnuel6,060 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico21st highest of 528
- Towns in Bernalillo Countyhighest of 22
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sandia Crest10,670 ft
- Bosque Peak9,620 ft
- Placer Mountain8,900 ft
- South Mountain8,750 ft
- Mesa Prieta7,529 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.
- Ponderosa Pine 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.