Rio Rancho Estates, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,450 ft 1,965 m6,210 ft 1,895 m6,090 ft 1,855 m5,850 ft 1,785 m5,610 ft 1,710 m5,490 ft 1,675 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Rio Rancho Estates sits at about 5,790 ft (1,765 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
5,790 ft 1,765 m
most residents: 5,610–5,960 ft
Lowest
5,490 ft 1,675 m
on the southeast side
Highest
6,450 ft 1,965 m
on the northwest side
Average
6,030 ft 1,835 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Rio Rancho Estates spans about 960 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 | 5,790 ft1,765 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 6,450 ft1,965 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 5,490 ft1,675 m |
| Airport (AEG) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi south of the CDP boundary | 5,837 ft1,779 m |
| Average of all land | 6,030 ft1,835 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
12 mi south to north through the middle of Rio Rancho Estates.
Altitude Effects
What 5,790 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.2 °F94.0 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
81% of sea level
24.2 inHg (81.8 kPa): each breath holds 19% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
16.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+12% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 1,801 2020 Census
- Land area
- 68.4 sq mi
- Density
- 26 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.2621° N, 106.7698° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Double Eagle Ii (AEG) 5,837 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 87124 87144
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Rio Rancho Estates5,790 ft
- Rio Rancho5,390 ft
- Paradise Hills5,330 ft
- Albuquerque5,260 ft
- Santa Ana Pueblo5,080 ft
- Bernalillo5,050 ft
- Pueblo of Sandia Village5,050 ft
- Corrales5,030 ft
- Edith Enclave5,010 ft
- North Valley5,000 ft
- Los Ranchos de Albuquerque4,990 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico283rd highest of 528
- Towns in Sandoval County11th highest of 26
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Redondo Peak11,258 ft
- Sandia Crest10,670 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.
- Rio Rancho Estates 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.