Butte County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butte County, California, shaded from 54 ft on the southwest side to 7,120 ft on the north side
Elevation
7,120 ft 2,170 m5,350 ft 1,630 m4,470 ft 1,360 m2,700 ft 825 m940 ft 285 m54 ft 17 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Butte County averages about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 54 ft on the southwest side to 7,120 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,560 ft 475 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,120 ft 2,170 m
on the north side
Lowest
54 ft 17 m
on the southwest side

Butte County spans about 7,066 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 land1,560 ft475 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
7,120 ft2,170 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
54 ft17 m

Elevation profile, west to east

39 mi west to east through Chico.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butte County, California, shaded from 54 ft on the southwest side to 7,120 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
208,334 2024 est.
Land area
1,636.5 sq mi + 40.6 sq mi water
Density
127 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Pacific Border 56%, Cascade-sierra Mountains 44%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Plumas County5,330 ft
  2. Tehama County2,150 ft
  3. Butte County1,560 ft
  4. Glenn County1,330 ft
  5. Yuba County1,040 ft
  6. Colusa County800 ft
  7. Sutter County80 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Humboldt Peak7,070 ft
  • Snow Mountain, Butte County7,000 ft
  • Table Mountain, Butte County6,280 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Butte County5,790 ft
  • Bloomer Hill3,004 ft
All 30 towns in Butte County by typical elevation
  1. Butte Meadows4,400 ft
  2. Stirling City3,560 ft
  3. Clipper Mills3,430 ft
  4. Forbestown2,730 ft
  5. Cohasset2,500 ft
  6. Magalia2,470 ft
  7. Robinson Mill2,460 ft
  8. Forest Ranch2,420 ft
  9. Concow2,250 ft
  10. Berry Creek2,210 ft
  11. Yankee Hill1,890 ft
  12. Paradise1,780 ft
  13. Cherokee1,220 ft
  14. Rackerby1,150 ft
  15. Kelly Ridge1,050 ft
  16. Bangor710 ft
  17. Butte Creek Canyon530 ft
  18. Butte Valley470 ft
  19. Oroville East460 ft
  20. South Oroville270 ft
  21. Oroville250 ft
  22. Chico200 ft
  23. Thermalito200 ft
  24. Palermo190 ft
  25. Durham160 ft
  26. Nord150 ft
  27. Richvale110 ft
  28. Honcut100 ft
  29. Biggs94 ft
  30. Gridley92 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 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. 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.