Balmorhea, TX Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,220 ft 980 m3,210 ft 980 m3,200 ft 975 m3,190 ft 975 m3,180 ft 970 m3,180 ft 970 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Balmorhea sits at about 3,190 ft (975 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,190 ft 975 m
most residents: 3,190–3,200 ft
Lowest
3,180 ft 970 m
on the north side
Highest
3,220 ft 980 m
on the southwest side
Average
3,200 ft 975 m
all land inside city limits
Balmorhea spans about 40 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,190 ft975 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 3,220 ft980 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 3,180 ft970 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Balmorhea | 3,200 ft975 m |
| Average of all land | 3,200 ft975 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,190 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.1 °F96.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.6 inHg (90.2 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Reeves County, Texas, United States
- Population
- 391 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 770 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 30.9843° N, 103.7446° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Toyah Creek → Pecos River → Rio Grande → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 79718
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Fort Davis4,890 ft
- Marfa4,700 ft
- Alpine4,490 ft
- Balmorhea3,190 ft
- Fort Stockton2,980 ft
- Toyah2,910 ft
- Mentone2,690 ft
- Lindsay, Reeves County2,630 ft
- Coyanosa2,610 ft
- Town of Pecos2,590 ft
- Barstow2,570 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Texas110th highest of 1,861
- Towns in Reeves Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Baldy Peak8,340 ft
- Sawtooth Mountain7,640 ft
- Black Mountain7,530 ft
- Blue Mountain7,311 ft
- Star Mountain6,346 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (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.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.