Tatum, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,010 ft 1,220 m4,000 ft 1,220 m4,000 ft 1,220 m3,990 ft 1,215 m3,980 ft 1,215 m3,980 ft 1,210 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Tatum sits at about 4,000 ft (1,220 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,000 ft 1,220 m
most residents: 3,990–4,000 ft
Lowest
3,980 ft 1,210 m
on the east side
Highest
4,010 ft 1,220 m
on the west side
Average
4,000 ft 1,220 m
all land inside town limits
Tatum spans about 30 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 | 4,000 ft1,220 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the west side | 4,010 ft1,220 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the east side | 3,980 ft1,210 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Tatum | 4,000 ft1,220 m |
| Average of all land | 4,000 ft1,220 m |
Altitude Effects
What 4,000 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.6 °F95.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.8 inHg (87.5 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Lea County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 712 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 449 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 33.2571° N, 103.3177° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Beals Creek → Colorado River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 88267
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico485th highest of 528
- Towns in Lea Countyhighest of 8
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); BTS time zones. All public domain.