Amador County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Amador County, California, shaded from 170 ft on the southwest side to 9,380 ft on Thunder Mountain
Elevation
9,380 ft 2,860 m7,080 ft 2,160 m5,930 ft 1,805 m3,620 ft 1,105 m1,320 ft 400 m170 ft 50 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Amador County averages about 2,670 ft (815 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 170 ft on the southwest side to 9,380 ft on Thunder Mountain.

Average elevation
2,670 ft 815 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,380 ft 2,860 m
on Thunder Mountain
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
on the southwest side

Amador County spans about 9,210 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 land2,670 ft815 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Thunder Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
9,380 ft2,860 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
170 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

22 mi west to east through Ione.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Amador County, California, shaded from 170 ft on the southwest side to 9,380 ft on Thunder Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
42,026 2024 est.
Land area
594.6 sq mi + 11.4 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains 92%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Alpine County7,760 ft
  2. El Dorado County4,140 ft
  3. Amador County2,670 ft
  4. Calaveras County2,410 ft
  5. San Joaquin County170 ft
  6. Sacramento County98 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Thunder Mountain, Amador County9,380 ft
  • Mokelumne Peak9,337 ft
  • Martin Point9,240 ft
  • Carson Spur8,980 ft
  • Two Sentinels8,860 ft
All 20 towns in Amador County by typical elevation
  1. Kirkwood partly7,740 ft
  2. Amador Pines3,700 ft
  3. Buckhorn3,430 ft
  4. Lockwood3,190 ft
  5. Pioneer3,080 ft
  6. Red Corral2,590 ft
  7. Pine Grove2,540 ft
  8. Volcano2,070 ft
  9. River Pines1,990 ft
  10. Fiddletown1,810 ft
  11. Martell1,560 ft
  12. Sutter Creek1,410 ft
  13. Jackson1,290 ft
  14. Plymouth1,090 ft
  15. Amador City1,050 ft
  16. Drytown840 ft
  17. Camanche North Shore330 ft
  18. Camanche Village310 ft
  19. Buena Vista310 ft
  20. Ione300 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell; 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; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 150 ft at 38.3254° N, 120.9579° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.