Silver City, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Silver City, New Mexico, shaded from 5,760 ft on the southeast side to 6,330 ft at the foot of the Silver City Range
Elevation
6,330 ft 1,930 m6,190 ft 1,885 m6,120 ft 1,865 m5,970 ft 1,820 m5,830 ft 1,775 m5,760 ft 1,755 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
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.
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Silver City sits at about 6,010 ft (1,835 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
6,010 ft 1,835 m
most residents: 5,920–6,140 ft
Lowest
5,760 ft 1,755 m
on the southeast side
Highest
6,330 ft 1,930 m
at the foot of the Silver City Range
Average
6,040 ft 1,840 m
all land inside town limits

Silver City spans about 570 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
6,010 ft1,835 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, at the foot of the Silver City Range
6,330 ft1,930 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
5,760 ft1,755 m
Town center
USGS map point for Silver City
5,930 ft1,810 m
Airport (SVC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.7 mi southeast of the town limits
5,446 ft1,660 m
Average of all land6,040 ft1,840 m
Nearest peak
Pinos Altos Mountain, 3.9 mi north of the town limits
8,120 ft2,475 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 6,010 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
200.8 °F93.8 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
80% of sea level

24.0 inHg (81.2 kPa): each breath holds 20% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
16.8% 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

Topographic elevation map of Silver City, New Mexico, shaded from 5,760 ft on the southeast side to 6,330 ft at the foot of the Silver City Range
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Grant County, New Mexico, United States
Population
9,399 2024 est.
Land area
10.1 sq mi
Density
929 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.7701° N, 108.2803° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Basin and Range
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Grant County (SVC) 5,446 ft
ZIP codes 1
88061
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pinos Altos6,980 ft
  2. Little Walnut Village6,280 ft
  3. Arenas Valley6,040 ft
  4. Rosedale6,030 ft
  5. Silver City6,010 ft
  6. Cobre5,990 ft
  7. Santa Clara5,970 ft
  8. Bayard5,820 ft
  9. Tyrone5,780 ft
  10. Hurley5,700 ft
  11. North Hurley5,690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Signal Peak8,940 ft
  • Tadpole Ridge8,610 ft
  • Pinos Altos Mountain8,120 ft
  • Bear Mountain8,030 ft
  • Burro Peak8,030 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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.