Yavapai County, AZ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yavapai County, Arizona, shaded from 1,410 ft on the southwest side to 7,988 ft on Mount Union
Elevation
7,990 ft 2,435 m6,340 ft 1,935 m5,520 ft 1,685 m3,880 ft 1,180 m2,230 ft 680 m1,410 ft 430 m
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Yavapai County averages about 4,460 ft (1,360 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,410 ft on the southwest side to 7,988 ft on Mount Union.

Average elevation
4,460 ft 1,360 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,988 ft 2,435 m
on Mount Union
Lowest
1,410 ft 430 m
on the southwest side

Yavapai County spans about 6,580 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,460 ft1,360 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Union (NGS survey height)
7,988 ft2,435 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,410 ft430 m

Elevation profile, south to north

75 mi south to north through Prescott Valley.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yavapai County, Arizona, shaded from 1,410 ft on the southwest side to 7,988 ft on Mount Union
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Arizona, United States
Population
252,013 2024 est.
Land area
8,122.9 sq mi + 4.4 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7, no daylight saving
Landform regions
Basin and Range 89%, Colorado Plateaus 11%
Drains to
Gulf of California 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Coconino County5,900 ft
  2. Gila County4,640 ft
  3. Yavapai County4,460 ft
  4. Mohave County3,750 ft
  5. Maricopa County1,640 ft
  6. La Paz County1,360 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Union7,988 ft
  • Mingus Mountain7,820 ft
  • Towers Mountain7,632 ft
  • Mohon Peak7,502 ft
  • Mount Hope7,250 ft
All 27 towns in Yavapai County by typical elevation
  1. Prescott5,430 ft
  2. Seligman5,250 ft
  3. Ash Fork5,170 ft
  4. Williamson5,090 ft
  5. Prescott Valley5,010 ft
  6. Jerome5,000 ft
  7. Yarnell4,840 ft
  8. Wilhoit4,830 ft
  9. Chino Valley4,690 ft
  10. Dewey-Humboldt4,630 ft
  11. Peeples Valley4,560 ft
  12. Sedona4,430 ft
  13. Mayer4,430 ft
  14. Paulden4,430 ft
  15. Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)4,110 ft
  16. Spring Valley3,930 ft
  17. Bagdad3,820 ft
  18. Cordes Lakes3,670 ft
  19. Clarkdale3,590 ft
  20. Lake Montezuma3,520 ft
  21. Cottonwood3,400 ft
  22. Verde Village3,380 ft
  23. Cornville3,380 ft
  24. Camp Verde3,160 ft
  25. Congress3,010 ft
  26. Wickenburg partly2,200 ft
  27. Black Canyon City2,030 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.