Torrance County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Torrance County, New Mexico, shaded from 5,580 ft on the northeast side to 10,080 ft on Manzano Peak
Elevation
10,080 ft 3,075 m8,960 ft 2,730 m8,390 ft 2,560 m7,270 ft 2,215 m6,140 ft 1,870 m5,580 ft 1,700 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Torrance County averages about 6,460 ft (1,970 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 5,580 ft on the northeast side to 10,080 ft on Manzano Peak.

Average elevation
6,460 ft 1,970 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,080 ft 3,075 m
on Manzano Peak
Lowest
5,580 ft 1,700 m
on the northeast side

Torrance County spans about 4,500 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 land6,460 ft1,970 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Manzano Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
10,080 ft3,075 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
5,580 ft1,700 m

Elevation profile, west to east

54 mi west to east through Moriarty.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Torrance County, New Mexico, shaded from 5,580 ft on the northeast side to 10,080 ft on Manzano Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
15,986 2024 est.
Land area
3,345.2 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
4.8 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Basin and Range 74%, Great Plains 26%
Drains to
Laguna del Perro basin (does not reach the sea) 38%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 33%, Gulf of America 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Santa Fe County6,880 ft
  2. Torrance County6,460 ft
  3. Socorro County6,000 ft
  4. San Miguel County5,950 ft
  5. Bernalillo County5,940 ft
  6. Lincoln County5,860 ft
  7. Valencia County5,380 ft
  8. Guadalupe County5,200 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Manzano Peak10,080 ft
  • Gallo Peak, Torrance County10,000 ft
  • Bosque Peak9,620 ft
  • Mosca Peak9,515 ft
  • Guadalupe Peak9,460 ft
All 14 towns in Torrance County by typical elevation
  1. Manzano7,170 ft
  2. Manzano Springs7,020 ft
  3. Torreon, Torrance County6,720 ft
  4. Tajique6,700 ft
  5. Deer Canyon6,600 ft
  6. Punta de Agua6,570 ft
  7. Mountainair6,540 ft
  8. Indian Hills6,440 ft
  9. Duran6,230 ft
  10. Moriarty6,220 ft
  11. McIntosh6,170 ft
  12. Encino6,120 ft
  13. Estancia6,110 ft
  14. Willard6,100 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, 5,570 ft at 34.8501° N, 105.2910° 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.