Columbia, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, California, shaded from 1,140 ft on the west side to 2,510 ft at the foot of the Red Hills
Elevation
2,510 ft 765 m2,170 ft 660 m2,000 ft 610 m1,650 ft 505 m1,310 ft 400 m1,140 ft 345 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

Columbia sits at about 2,130 ft (650 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,130 ft 650 m
most residents: 2,070–2,350 ft
Lowest
1,140 ft 345 m
on the west side
Highest
2,510 ft 765 m
at the foot of the Red Hills
Average
2,120 ft 645 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Columbia spans about 1,370 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
2,130 ft650 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Red Hills
2,510 ft765 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,140 ft345 m
Town center
USGS map point for Columbia
2,140 ft655 m
Airport (O22)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,121 ft646 m
Average of all land2,120 ft645 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia, California, shaded from 1,140 ft on the west side to 2,510 ft at the foot of the Red Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tuolumne County, California, United States
Population
2,577 2020 Census
Land area
6.0 sq mi
Density
432 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.0363° N, 120.4013° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Stanislaus River → San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Columbia (O22) 2,121 ft
ZIP codes 2
95310 95370
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cedar Ridge3,820 ft
  2. Mono Vista2,820 ft
  3. Phoenix Lake2,620 ft
  4. Murphys2,230 ft
  5. East Sonora2,170 ft
  6. Columbia2,130 ft
  7. Douglas Flat1,950 ft
  8. Sonora1,940 ft
  9. Vallecito1,800 ft
  10. Tuttletown1,580 ft
  11. Jamestown1,500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Airola Peak9,920 ft
  • Dardanelles Cone9,527 ft
  • Mokelumne Peak9,337 ft
  • Bullion Knob4,240 ft
  • Bear Mountain, Calaveras County2,890 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.
  • Columbia 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.