Sacramento, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,180 ft 2,495 m7,920 ft 2,415 m7,790 ft 2,375 m7,530 ft 2,295 m7,270 ft 2,215 m7,140 ft 2,175 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
Sacramento sits at about 7,680 ft (2,340 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
7,680 ft 2,340 m
few residents
Lowest
7,140 ft 2,175 m
on the northeast side
Highest
8,180 ft 2,495 m
on the southwest side
Average
7,680 ft 2,340 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Sacramento spans about 1,040 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 7,680 ft2,340 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 8,180 ft2,495 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 7,140 ft2,175 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sacramento | 7,300 ft2,225 m |
| Average of all land | 7,680 ft2,340 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.4 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 7,680 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
197.7 °F92.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
75% of sea level
22.5 inHg (76.2 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 Otero County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 53 2020 Census
- Land area
- 6.5 sq mi
- Density
- 8 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 32.7926° N, 105.5605° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Penasco → Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 88347
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cloudcroft8,760 ft
- Twin Forks7,820 ft
- Sacramento7,680 ft
- Weed7,300 ft
- Timberon7,120 ft
- Mayhill7,050 ft
- High Rolls6,770 ft
- Pinon5,990 ft
- La Luz4,680 ft
- Alamogordo4,400 ft
- Boles Acres4,110 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico15th highest of 528
- Towns in Otero County3rd highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sierra Blanca Peak11,981 ft
- Cub Mountain7,870 ft
- Wind Mountain7,269 ft
- Bennett Mountain7,200 ft
- Alamo Mountain6,670 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Sacramento 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.