Whites City, NM Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whites City, New Mexico, shaded from 3,570 ft on the east side to 3,930 ft at the foot of the Frontier Hills
Elevation
3,930 ft 1,200 m3,840 ft 1,170 m3,800 ft 1,155 m3,710 ft 1,130 m3,620 ft 1,105 m3,570 ft 1,090 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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

Whites City sits at about 3,650 ft (1,110 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
3,650 ft 1,110 m
few residents
Lowest
3,570 ft 1,090 m
on the east side
Highest
3,930 ft 1,200 m
at the foot of the Frontier Hills
Average
3,660 ft 1,115 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Whites City spans about 360 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.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
3,650 ft1,110 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Frontier Hills
3,930 ft1,200 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
3,570 ft1,090 m
Town center
USGS map point for Whites City
3,660 ft1,115 m
Airport (CNM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
3,295 ft1,004 m
Average of all land3,660 ft1,115 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,650 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.2 °F96.2 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
88% of sea level

26.2 inHg (88.7 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.3% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+7% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whites City, New Mexico, shaded from 3,570 ft on the east side to 3,930 ft at the foot of the Frontier Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States
Population
14 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
32 per sq mi
Coordinates
32.1757° N, 104.3766° W
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
Airport
Cavern City Air Trml (CNM) 3,295 ft
ZIP codes 2
88220 88268
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hope4,080 ft
  2. Whites City3,650 ft
  3. Artesia3,400 ft
  4. Atoka3,390 ft
  5. Morningside3,370 ft
  6. Happy Valley3,200 ft
  7. Carlsbad3,130 ft
  8. La Huerta3,120 ft
  9. Livingston Wheeler3,100 ft
  10. Loving3,050 ft
  11. Malaga3,000 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Pinnacle5,540 ft
  • McKittrick Hill4,298 ft
  • Carnero Peak4,070 ft
  • C P Hill3,860 ft
  • McGruder Hill3,800 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.
  • Whites City 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.