Cherokee, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee, California, shaded from 850 ft on the northwest side to 1,500 ft on Red Hill
Elevation
1,500 ft 460 m1,340 ft 410 m1,260 ft 385 m1,100 ft 335 m940 ft 285 m850 ft 260 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

Cherokee sits at about 1,220 ft (370 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,220 ft 370 m
few residents
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,500 ft 460 m
on Red Hill
Average
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cherokee spans about 650 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
1,220 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Red Hill
1,500 ft460 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
850 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cherokee
1,320 ft400 m
Average of all land1,200 ft365 m
Nearest peak
Bloomer Hill, 2.6 mi east of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
3,004 ft916 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee, California, shaded from 850 ft on the northwest side to 1,500 ft on Red Hill
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Butte County, California, United States
Population
88 2020 Census
Land area
1.8 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
50 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6463° N, 121.5383° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95965
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Concow2,250 ft
  2. Berry Creek2,210 ft
  3. Yankee Hill1,890 ft
  4. Paradise1,780 ft
  5. Cherokee1,220 ft
  6. Kelly Ridge1,050 ft
  7. Butte Creek Canyon530 ft
  8. Butte Valley470 ft
  9. Oroville East460 ft
  10. Oroville250 ft
  11. Thermalito200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Eagle Mountain7,186 ft
  • Claremont6,990 ft
  • Red Hill6,352 ft
  • Bloomer Hill3,004 ft
  • South Butte2,100 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).
  • 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.
  • Cherokee 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.