Comptche, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Comptche, California, shaded from 140 ft on the west side to 580 ft at the foot of the Flynn Hills
Elevation
580 ft 175 m470 ft 145 m410 ft 125 m300 ft 90 m190 ft 60 m140 ft 40 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

Comptche sits at about 280 ft (85 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
280 ft 85 m
few residents
Lowest
140 ft 40 m
on the west side
Highest
580 ft 175 m
at the foot of the Flynn Hills
Average
300 ft 90 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Comptche spans about 440 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
280 ft85 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Flynn Hills
580 ft175 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
140 ft40 m
Town center
USGS map point for Comptche
210 ft65 m
Airport (LLR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.1 mi west of the CDP boundary
574 ft175 m
Average of all land300 ft90 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Comptche, California, shaded from 140 ft on the west side to 580 ft at the foot of the Flynn Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Mendocino County, California, United States
Population
167 2020 Census
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
145 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2649° N, 123.5911° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Little River (LLR) 574 ft
ZIP codes 1
95427
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brooktrails1,860 ft
  2. Willits1,400 ft
  3. Redwood Valley790 ft
  4. Philo340 ft
  5. Comptche280 ft
  6. Little River270 ft
  7. Mendocino240 ft
  8. Cleone240 ft
  9. Albion220 ft
  10. Caspar140 ft
  11. Fort Bragg110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pine Ridge, Mendocino County3,406 ft
  • Laughlin Range3,350 ft
  • Strong Mountain3,230 ft
  • Cold Spring Mountain, Mendocino County2,739 ft
  • Eureka Hill2,360 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.
  • Comptche 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.