Canyon, TX Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,640 ft 1,110 m3,600 ft 1,095 m3,580 ft 1,090 m3,540 ft 1,080 m3,500 ft 1,065 m3,480 ft 1,060 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Canyon sits at about 3,540 ft (1,080 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,540 ft 1,080 m
most residents: 3,510–3,570 ft
Lowest
3,480 ft 1,060 m
on the east side
Highest
3,640 ft 1,110 m
on the north side
Average
3,550 ft 1,085 m
all land inside city limits
Canyon spans about 160 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 | 3,540 ft1,080 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 3,640 ft1,110 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 3,480 ft1,060 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Canyon | 3,540 ft1,080 m |
| Average of all land | 3,550 ft1,085 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
4.1 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,540 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.4 °F96.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.3 inHg (89.0 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
- City in Randall County, Texas, United States
- Population
- 16,457 2024 est.
- Land area
- 8.1 sq mi
- Density
- 2,038 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.9803° N, 101.9188° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Prarie Dog Town Fork Red River → Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River → Red River → Atchafalaya River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 79015 79016
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Wildorado3,920 ft
- Bushland3,820 ft
- Umbarger3,770 ft
- Amarillo3,660 ft
- Rockwell Place3,630 ft
- Happy3,620 ft
- Canyon3,540 ft
- Timbercreek Canyon3,510 ft
- Bishop Hills3,500 ft
- Palisades3,440 ft
- Lake Tanglewood3,430 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Texas66th highest of 1,861
- Towns in Randall County4th highest of 7
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Timber Mesa3,490 ft
- Castle Peak, Randall County3,490 ft
- Lighthouse Peak3,490 ft
- Goodnight Peak3,480 ft
- Cooley Butte3,470 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. All public domain.