Quay County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Quay County, New Mexico, shaded from 3,510 ft on the northeast side to 5,570 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
5,570 ft 1,695 m5,050 ft 1,540 m4,800 ft 1,460 m4,280 ft 1,305 m3,770 ft 1,150 m3,510 ft 1,070 m
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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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Quay County averages about 4,330 ft (1,320 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,510 ft on the northeast side to 5,570 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
4,330 ft 1,320 m
all land inside the county
Highest
5,570 ft 1,695 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
3,510 ft 1,070 m
on the northeast side

Quay County spans about 2,060 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,330 ft1,320 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
5,570 ft1,695 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
3,510 ft1,070 m

Elevation profile, west to east

57 mi west to east through Tucumcari.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Quay County, New Mexico, shaded from 3,510 ft on the northeast side to 5,570 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
8,403 2024 est.
Land area
2,874.0 sq mi + 7.2 sq mi water
Density
2.9 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. San Miguel County5,950 ft
  2. Union County5,440 ft
  3. Guadalupe County5,200 ft
  4. Harding County5,040 ft
  5. De Baca County4,440 ft
  6. Curry County4,440 ft
  7. Quay County4,330 ft
  8. Roosevelt County4,250 ft
  9. Deaf Smith County, TX4,050 ft
  10. Hartley County, TX3,940 ft
  11. Oldham County, TX3,720 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Palomas Mesa5,330 ft
  • Mesa Redonda, Quay County5,180 ft
  • Saddleback Mesa5,170 ft
  • Circle S Mesa5,050 ft
  • Sand Mountain, Quay County5,030 ft
All 5 towns in Quay County by typical elevation
  1. House4,700 ft
  2. Nara Visa4,180 ft
  3. Tucumcari4,100 ft
  4. San Jon4,030 ft
  5. Logan3,850 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.