Monahans, TX Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monahans, Texas, shaded from 2,600 ft near the middle to 2,740 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,740 ft 835 m2,710 ft 825 m2,690 ft 820 m2,650 ft 810 m2,610 ft 795 m2,600 ft 790 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Monahans sits at about 2,620 ft (800 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,620 ft 800 m
most residents: 2,610–2,630 ft
Lowest
2,600 ft 790 m
near the middle
Highest
2,740 ft 835 m
on the northwest side
Average
2,670 ft 815 m
all land inside city limits

Monahans 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,620 ft800 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
2,740 ft835 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
2,600 ft790 m
Town center
USGS map point for Monahans
2,620 ft800 m
Airport (E01)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,615 ft797 m
Average of all land2,670 ft815 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monahans, Texas, shaded from 2,600 ft near the middle to 2,740 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Ward County, Texas, United States
Population
7,334 2024 est.
Land area
28.9 sq mi
Density
254 per sq mi
Coordinates
31.5943° N, 102.8927° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Ozark Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Roy Hurd Memorial (E01) 2,615 ft
ZIP codes 3
79756 79777 79788
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Odessa2,960 ft
  2. Kermit2,860 ft
  3. Wink2,790 ft
  4. Wickett2,660 ft
  5. Pyote2,630 ft
  6. Monahans2,620 ft
  7. Coyanosa2,610 ft
  8. Thorntonville2,600 ft
  9. Southwest Sandhill2,600 ft
  10. Grandfalls2,440 ft
  11. Imperial2,390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hays Hill2,800 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,590 ft at 31.5704° N, 102.9010° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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).
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.