Roswell, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,720 ft 1,135 m3,670 ft 1,120 m3,640 ft 1,110 m3,590 ft 1,095 m3,530 ft 1,075 m3,510 ft 1,070 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Roswell sits at about 3,610 ft (1,100 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,610 ft 1,100 m
most residents: 3,580–3,630 ft
Lowest
3,510 ft 1,070 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,720 ft 1,135 m
on the southwest side
Average
3,610 ft 1,100 m
all land inside city limits
Roswell spans about 210 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 | 3,610 ft1,100 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 3,720 ft1,135 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 3,510 ft1,070 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Roswell | 3,570 ft1,090 m |
| Airport (ROW) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 3,671 ft1,119 m |
| Average of all land | 3,610 ft1,100 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
12 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,610 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.3 °F96.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.2 inHg (88.8 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Chaves County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 47,176 2024 est.
- Land area
- 29.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,588 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.3943° N, 104.5230° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Roswell Air Center (ROW) 3,671 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 88201 88203
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Capitan6,550 ft
- Hope4,080 ft
- Loco Hills3,640 ft
- Roswell3,610 ft
- Midway3,570 ft
- Dexter3,460 ft
- Hagerman3,420 ft
- Artesia3,400 ft
- Atoka3,390 ft
- Lake Arthur3,380 ft
- Morningside3,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico511th highest of 528
- Towns in Chaves Countyhighest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- West Mountain8,770 ft
- Haystack Mountain, Chaves County4,100 ft
- Mesa Diablo3,970 ft
- Comanche Hill3,760 ft
- Panther Hill3,750 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.