Socorro County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Socorro County, New Mexico, shaded from 4,410 ft on the southwest side to 10,789 ft on South Baldy
Elevation
10,790 ft 3,290 m9,190 ft 2,805 m8,400 ft 2,560 m6,800 ft 2,075 m5,210 ft 1,590 m4,410 ft 1,345 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.
3D
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County area
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Elevation Data

Socorro County averages about 6,000 ft (1,830 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,410 ft on the southwest side to 10,789 ft on South Baldy.

Average elevation
6,000 ft 1,830 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,789 ft 3,289 m
on South Baldy
Lowest
4,410 ft 1,345 m
on the southwest side

Socorro County spans about 6,380 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 land6,000 ft1,830 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on South Baldy (NGS survey height)
10,789 ft3,289 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
4,410 ft1,345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

103 mi west to east through Socorro.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Socorro County, New Mexico, shaded from 4,410 ft on the southwest side to 10,789 ft on South Baldy
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
15,967 2024 est.
Land area
6,646.4 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
2.4 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Basin and Range 88%, Colorado Plateaus 12%
Drains to
Gulf of America 63%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 21%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Catron County7,380 ft
  2. Cibola County7,090 ft
  3. Torrance County6,460 ft
  4. Socorro County6,000 ft
  5. Lincoln County5,860 ft
  6. Sierra County5,480 ft
  7. Valencia County5,380 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • South Baldy10,789 ft
  • West Blue Mountain10,330 ft
  • Vicks Peak10,273 ft
  • San Mateo Peak10,143 ft
  • Mount Withington10,123 ft
All 16 towns in Socorro County by typical elevation
  1. Magdalena6,600 ft
  2. Alamo6,370 ft
  3. Veguita4,780 ft
  4. Las Nutrias4,770 ft
  5. Abeytas4,750 ft
  6. La Joya4,720 ft
  7. Alamillo4,670 ft
  8. San Acacia4,660 ft
  9. Chamizal4,660 ft
  10. Polvadera4,660 ft
  11. Lemitar4,660 ft
  12. Escondida4,630 ft
  13. Socorro4,620 ft
  14. Luis Lopez4,580 ft
  15. San Antonito, Socorro County4,570 ft
  16. San Antonio4,570 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.
  • 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.