Valencia, Santa Fe County, NM Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,730 ft 2,355 m7,580 ft 2,310 m7,500 ft 2,285 m7,340 ft 2,240 m7,190 ft 2,190 m7,110 ft 2,170 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Valencia, Santa Fe County sits at about 7,380 ft (2,250 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
7,380 ft 2,250 m
few residents
Lowest
7,110 ft 2,170 m
on the southwest side
Highest
7,730 ft 2,355 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
7,380 ft 2,250 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Valencia, Santa Fe County spans about 620 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 7,380 ft2,250 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 7,730 ft2,355 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side | 7,110 ft2,170 m |
| Average of all land | 7,380 ft2,250 m |
| Nearest peak Thompson Peak, 5.7 mi north of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 10,557 ft3,218 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.4 mi south to north through the middle of Valencia, Santa Fe County.
Altitude Effects
What 7,380 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
198.3 °F92.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
76% of sea level
22.8 inHg (77.1 kPa): each breath holds 24% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+15% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
- Population
- 115 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 74 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.5789° N, 105.7900° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Galisteo Creek → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 87535
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Cañada de los Alamos7,600 ft
- Santa Fe Foothills7,520 ft
- Glorieta7,470 ft
- Valencia, Santa Fe County7,380 ft
- La Cueva7,220 ft
- Cañoncito7,210 ft
- Sunlit Hills7,180 ft
- East Pecos7,140 ft
- Seton Village6,980 ft
- Pecos6,970 ft
- Lamy6,530 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New Mexico42nd highest of 528
- Towns in Santa Fe County5th highest of 52
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Middle Truchas Peak13,060 ft
- Santa Fe Baldy12,620 ft
- Thompson Peak10,557 ft
- Hermit Peak10,267 ft
- Placer Mountain8,900 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.
- Valencia, Santa Fe County 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.