Citrus Heights, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Citrus Heights, California, shaded from 100 ft on the southwest side to 240 ft on the east side
Elevation
250 ft 75 m210 ft 65 m190 ft 60 m150 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m99 ft 30 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
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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

Citrus Heights sits at about 160 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
160 ft 50 m
most residents: 130–190 ft
Lowest
100 ft 30 m
on the southwest side
Highest
240 ft 75 m
on the east side
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside city limits

Citrus Heights spans about 140 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
160 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
240 ft75 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
100 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Citrus Heights
170 ft50 m
Airport (MCC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.9 mi southwest of the city limits
77 ft23 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Citrus Heights, California, shaded from 100 ft on the southwest side to 240 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Sacramento County, California, United States
Population
86,909 2024 est.
Land area
14.2 sq mi
Density
6,113 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7071° N, 121.2811° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Mc Clellan Airfield (MCC) 77 ft
ZIP codes 2
95610 95621
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 100 ft at 38.6818° N, 121.3263° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.