Bucks Lake, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bucks Lake, California, shaded from 4,560 ft on the west side to 5,980 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
5,980 ft 1,825 m5,630 ft 1,715 m5,450 ft 1,660 m5,100 ft 1,555 m4,740 ft 1,445 m4,560 ft 1,390 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bucks Lake sits at about 5,370 ft (1,635 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
5,370 ft 1,635 m
few residents
Lowest
4,560 ft 1,390 m
on the west side
Highest
5,980 ft 1,825 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
5,370 ft 1,640 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Bucks Lake spans about 1,420 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
5,370 ft1,635 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
5,980 ft1,825 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
4,560 ft1,390 m
Average of all land5,370 ft1,640 m
Nearest peak
Bald Eagle Mountain, 2.6 mi northwest of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
7,186 ft2,190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the middle of Bucks Lake.

Altitude Effects

What 5,370 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
202.0 °F94.5 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
82% of sea level

24.6 inHg (83.1 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.2% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+11% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bucks Lake, California, shaded from 4,560 ft on the west side to 5,980 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Plumas County, California, United States
Population
22 2020 Census
Land area
10.3 sq mi
Density
2.1 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.8658° N, 121.1614° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
North Fork Feather River → Feather River → Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
95956 95984
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Little Grass Valley5,500 ft
  2. Bucks Lake5,370 ft
  3. Meadow Valley3,750 ft
  4. East Quincy3,510 ft
  5. Quincy3,430 ft
  6. Keddie3,180 ft
  7. Caribou3,030 ft
  8. Tobin2,980 ft
  9. Paxton2,910 ft
  10. Twain2,790 ft
  11. Belden2,300 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Hough7,235 ft
  • Bald Eagle Mountain7,186 ft
  • Claremont6,990 ft
  • Red Hill6,352 ft
  • Rush Creek Hill6,350 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
  • Bucks Lake is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.