South Valley, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,160 ft 1,575 m5,090 ft 1,555 m5,060 ft 1,540 m4,990 ft 1,520 m4,930 ft 1,500 m4,890 ft 1,490 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
South Valley sits at about 4,940 ft (1,505 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,940 ft 1,505 m
most residents: 4,910–4,950 ft
Lowest
4,890 ft 1,490 m
on the south side
Highest
5,160 ft 1,575 m
on the east side
Average
4,940 ft 1,505 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
South Valley spans about 270 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 | 4,940 ft1,505 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 5,160 ft1,575 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 4,890 ft1,490 m |
| Town center USGS map point for South Valley | 4,920 ft1,500 m |
| Airport (ABQ) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.8 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 5,355 ft1,632 m |
| Average of all land | 4,940 ft1,505 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
4.2 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,940 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
202.8 °F94.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
83% of sea level
25.0 inHg (84.5 kPa): each breath holds 17% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.5% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 38,338 2020 Census
- Land area
- 29.0 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,322 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.0100° N, 106.6781° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) 5,355 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 87105 87121
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Carnuel6,060 ft
- Kirtland AFB5,410 ft
- Pajarito Mesa5,370 ft
- Albuquerque5,260 ft
- North Valley5,000 ft
- Los Ranchos de Albuquerque4,990 ft
- South Valley4,940 ft
- Isleta4,900 ft
- Chical4,890 ft
- Bosque Farms4,870 ft
- Peralta4,860 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico382nd highest of 528
- Towns in Bernalillo County21st highest of 22
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sandia Crest10,670 ft
- Bosque Peak9,620 ft
- Placer Mountain8,900 ft
- South Mountain8,750 ft
- Mesa Gallina7,840 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
- South Valley 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.