Castella, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Castella, California, shaded from 1,880 ft on the south side to 2,300 ft at the foot of The Eddys
Elevation
2,300 ft 700 m2,200 ft 670 m2,140 ft 655 m2,040 ft 620 m1,930 ft 590 m1,880 ft 570 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.
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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

Castella sits at about 2,100 ft (640 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,100 ft 640 m
most residents: 1,950–2,230 ft
Lowest
1,880 ft 570 m
on the south side
Highest
2,300 ft 700 m
at the foot of The Eddys
Average
2,090 ft 640 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Castella spans about 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,100 ft640 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of The Eddys
2,300 ft700 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,880 ft570 m
Town center
USGS map point for Castella
1,940 ft590 m
Average of all land2,090 ft640 m
Nearest peak
Girard Ridge, 2.6 mi east of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
5,166 ft1,575 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.7 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Castella, California, shaded from 1,880 ft on the south side to 2,300 ft at the foot of The Eddys
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Shasta County, California, United States
Population
214 2020 Census
Land area
1.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
191 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1385° N, 122.3178° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
96017 96025
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mount Shasta3,620 ft
  2. Weed3,540 ft
  3. Carrick3,480 ft
  4. McCloud3,280 ft
  5. Coffee Creek2,970 ft
  6. Edgewood2,960 ft
  7. Trinity Center2,440 ft
  8. Dunsmuir2,380 ft
  9. Castella2,100 ft
  10. Big Bend2,040 ft
  11. Lakehead1,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Grey Rocks7,200 ft
  • Tombstone Mountain5,600 ft
  • Girard Ridge5,166 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Shasta County4,710 ft
  • Hat Mountain, Shasta County4,190 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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).
  • 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.
  • Castella 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.