Valencia County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valencia County, New Mexico, shaded from 4,760 ft on the south side to 8,950 ft on the east side
Elevation
8,950 ft 2,730 m7,910 ft 2,410 m7,380 ft 2,250 m6,330 ft 1,930 m5,280 ft 1,610 m4,760 ft 1,450 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Valencia County averages about 5,380 ft (1,640 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,760 ft on the south side to 8,950 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
5,380 ft 1,640 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,950 ft 2,730 m
on the east side
Lowest
4,760 ft 1,450 m
on the south side

Valencia County spans about 4,190 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 land5,380 ft1,640 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
8,950 ft2,730 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
4,760 ft1,450 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Los Lunas.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valencia County, New Mexico, shaded from 4,760 ft on the south side to 8,950 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in New Mexico, United States
Population
80,813 2024 est.
Land area
1,066.7 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
76 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Basin and Range 89%, Colorado Plateaus 11%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cibola County7,090 ft
  2. Torrance County6,460 ft
  3. Socorro County6,000 ft
  4. Bernalillo County5,940 ft
  5. Valencia County5,380 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cerro del Indio7,020 ft
  • Mesa Lucero6,853 ft
  • Mesa Aparejo6,500 ft
  • Mesa Carrizo6,280 ft
  • Mesa Redonda, Valencia County6,190 ft
All 21 towns in Valencia County by typical elevation
  1. Highland Meadows5,490 ft
  2. Meadow Lake5,310 ft
  3. El Cerro Mission5,060 ft
  4. Monterey Park5,050 ft
  5. Las Maravillas4,990 ft
  6. Los Lunas4,920 ft
  7. Rio Communities4,900 ft
  8. Chical4,890 ft
  9. Madrone4,880 ft
  10. Bosque Farms4,870 ft
  11. Casa Colorada4,860 ft
  12. Peralta4,860 ft
  13. Valencia4,850 ft
  14. El Cerro4,840 ft
  15. Los Chaves4,830 ft
  16. Tome4,830 ft
  17. Adelino4,820 ft
  18. Sausal4,810 ft
  19. Belen4,810 ft
  20. Pueblitos4,790 ft
  21. Jarales4,790 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; 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.