Buellton, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buellton, California, shaded from 310 ft on the west side to 540 ft at the foot of the Purisima Hills
Elevation
540 ft 165 m480 ft 145 m450 ft 140 m390 ft 120 m330 ft 100 m310 ft 95 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Buellton sits at about 370 ft (110 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
370 ft 110 m
most residents: 350–470 ft
Lowest
310 ft 95 m
on the west side
Highest
540 ft 165 m
at the foot of the Purisima Hills
Average
370 ft 110 m
all land inside city limits

Buellton spans about 230 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
370 ft110 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, at the foot of the Purisima Hills
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
310 ft95 m
Town center
USGS map point for Buellton
360 ft110 m
Average of all land370 ft110 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buellton, California, shaded from 310 ft on the west side to 540 ft at the foot of the Purisima Hills
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Santa Barbara County, California, United States
Population
5,023 2024 est.
Land area
1.6 sq mi
Density
3,175 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.6136° N, 120.1927° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Santa Ynez River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
93427
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Los Olivos820 ft
  2. Ballard680 ft
  3. Santa Ynez620 ft
  4. Los Alamos590 ft
  5. Solvang490 ft
  6. Sisquoc440 ft
  7. Garey380 ft
  8. Buellton370 ft
  9. Vandenberg Village360 ft
  10. Mission Hills320 ft
  11. Lompoc97 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Rafael Mountain6,570 ft
  • Ranger Peak4,580 ft
  • Santa Ynez Peak4,290 ft
  • Tepusquet Peak3,240 ft
  • Oak Mountain2,060 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).
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.