Vega, TX Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,060 ft 1,235 m4,040 ft 1,235 m4,040 ft 1,230 m4,030 ft 1,230 m4,020 ft 1,225 m4,010 ft 1,225 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
Vega sits at about 4,020 ft (1,225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,020 ft 1,225 m
most residents: 4,020–4,030 ft
Lowest
4,010 ft 1,225 m
on the northeast side
Highest
4,060 ft 1,235 m
on the south side
Average
4,030 ft 1,230 m
all land inside city limits
Vega spans about 50 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 | 4,020 ft1,225 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 4,060 ft1,235 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 4,010 ft1,225 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Vega | 4,030 ft1,230 m |
| Airport (E52) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi southeast of the city limits | 3,995 ft1,218 m |
| Average of all land | 4,030 ft1,230 m |
Altitude Effects
What 4,020 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.5 °F95.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.8 inHg (87.4 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Oldham County, Texas, United States
- Population
- 911 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 681 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.2428° N, 102.4283° 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
- Airport
- Oldham County (E52) 3,995 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 79092
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Adrian4,040 ft
- Vega4,020 ft
- Wildorado3,920 ft
- Hereford3,830 ft
- Bushland3,820 ft
- Channing3,800 ft
- Umbarger3,770 ft
- Amarillo3,660 ft
- Rockwell Place3,630 ft
- Bishop Hills3,500 ft
- Boys Ranch3,240 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Texas18th highest of 1,861
- Towns in Oldham County2nd highest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Rotten Hill3,410 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.