Sandoval County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sandoval County, New Mexico, shaded from 5,000 ft on the southeast side to 11,258 ft on Redondo Peak
Elevation
11,260 ft 3,430 m9,690 ft 2,955 m8,910 ft 2,715 m7,350 ft 2,240 m5,780 ft 1,760 m5,000 ft 1,525 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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Sandoval County averages about 6,710 ft (2,045 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,000 ft on the southeast side to 11,258 ft on Redondo Peak.

Average elevation
6,710 ft 2,045 m
all land inside the county
Highest
11,258 ft 3,432 m
on Redondo Peak
Lowest
5,000 ft 1,525 m
on the southeast side

Sandoval County spans about 6,260 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 land6,710 ft2,045 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Redondo Peak (NGS survey height)
11,258 ft3,432 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
5,000 ft1,525 m

Elevation profile, west to east

54 mi west to east through Rio Rancho.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sandoval County, New Mexico, shaded from 5,000 ft on the southeast side to 11,258 ft on Redondo Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
157,757 2024 est.
Land area
3,710.2 sq mi + 4.2 sq mi water
Density
43 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Colorado Plateaus 56%, Basin and Range 28%, Southern Rocky Mountains 17%
Drains to
Gulf of America 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Rio Arriba County7,670 ft
  2. Los Alamos County7,520 ft
  3. Cibola County7,090 ft
  4. McKinley County6,950 ft
  5. Santa Fe County6,880 ft
  6. Sandoval County6,710 ft
  7. San Juan County6,050 ft
  8. Bernalillo County5,940 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Redondo Peak11,258 ft
  • Cerro Toledo10,910 ft
  • Cerro de la Garita10,600 ft
  • Cerros del Abrigo10,280 ft
  • Mesa Prieta7,529 ft
All 26 towns in Sandoval County by typical elevation
  1. La Cueva, Sandoval County7,800 ft
  2. Regina7,590 ft
  3. La Jara7,450 ft
  4. Cuba6,900 ft
  5. La Madera6,660 ft
  6. Torreon6,500 ft
  7. San Luis6,380 ft
  8. Ponderosa6,290 ft
  9. Jemez Springs6,180 ft
  10. Cañon5,910 ft
  11. Rio Rancho Estates5,790 ft
  12. Placitas5,650 ft
  13. Cochiti Lake5,600 ft
  14. Jemez Pueblo5,580 ft
  15. Zia Pueblo5,520 ft
  16. Village of San Ysidro5,470 ft
  17. Rio Rancho5,390 ft
  18. Cochiti5,270 ft
  19. Peña Blanca5,210 ft
  20. Santo Domingo Pueblo5,190 ft
  21. San Felipe Pueblo5,160 ft
  22. Algodones5,100 ft
  23. Santa Ana Pueblo5,080 ft
  24. Bernalillo5,050 ft
  25. Pueblo of Sandia Village5,050 ft
  26. Corrales5,030 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²) (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts) and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 5,000 ft at 35.2010° N, 106.6443° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.