Acala, TX Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,680 ft 1,120 m3,640 ft 1,110 m3,630 ft 1,105 m3,590 ft 1,095 m3,560 ft 1,085 m3,540 ft 1,080 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
Acala sits at about 3,570 ft (1,090 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,570 ft 1,090 m
few residents
Lowest
3,540 ft 1,080 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,680 ft 1,120 m
on the east side
Average
3,580 ft 1,090 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Acala spans about 140 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 | 3,570 ft1,090 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 3,680 ft1,120 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 3,540 ft1,080 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Acala | 3,550 ft1,085 m |
| Average of all land | 3,580 ft1,090 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,570 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.4 °F96.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.3 inHg (88.9 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.4% 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
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States
- Population
- 11 2020 Census
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 3.9 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 31.3340° N, 105.9144° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 79839
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Horizon City4,030 ft
- Agua Dulce4,020 ft
- Sparks3,870 ft
- Socorro3,660 ft
- San Elizario3,640 ft
- Clint3,640 ft
- Fabens3,630 ft
- Morning Glory3,630 ft
- Tornillo3,590 ft
- Acala3,570 ft
- Fort Hancock3,560 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Texas62nd highest of 1,861
- Towns in Hudspeth County3rd highest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- San Antonio Mountain7,020 ft
- Sierra Blanca6,894 ft
- Cerro Alto Mountain6,790 ft
- Alamo Mountain6,670 ft
- Little Blanca Mountain6,180 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.
- Acala 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.