Raton, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,420 ft 2,260 m7,180 ft 2,190 m7,060 ft 2,155 m6,830 ft 2,080 m6,590 ft 2,010 m6,470 ft 1,970 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Raton sits at about 6,670 ft (2,035 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
6,670 ft 2,035 m
most residents: 6,570–6,780 ft
Lowest
6,470 ft 1,970 m
on the south side
Highest
7,420 ft 2,260 m
on the west side
Average
6,670 ft 2,030 m
all land inside city limits
Raton spans about 950 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 | 6,670 ft2,035 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 7,420 ft2,260 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 6,470 ft1,970 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Raton | 6,670 ft2,030 m |
| Average of all land | 6,670 ft2,030 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 6,670 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
199.6 °F93.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
78% of sea level
23.4 inHg (79.2 kPa): each breath holds 22% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.4% 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
- City in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 6,005 2024 est.
- Land area
- 7.0 sq mi
- Density
- 858 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.9034° N, 104.4392° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Canadian River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87740
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico143rd highest of 528
- Towns in Colfax County4th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Little Costilla Peak12,588 ft
- Baldy Mountain12,430 ft
- Mount Phillips11,742 ft
- Laughlin Peak8,824 ft
- Sierra Grande8,724 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.