Dos Palos, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dos Palos, California, shaded from 110 ft on the west side to 120 ft near the middle
Elevation
140 ft 45 m130 ft 40 m130 ft 40 m120 ft 35 m110 ft 35 m110 ft 35 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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City area
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Elevation Data

Dos Palos sits at about 110 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
110 ft 35 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the west side
Highest
120 ft 35 m
near the middle
Average
110 ft 35 m
all land inside city limits

Dos Palos is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
110 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
120 ft35 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dos Palos
110 ft35 m
Average of all land110 ft35 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dos Palos, California, shaded from 110 ft on the west side to 120 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Merced County, California, United States
Population
5,759 2024 est.
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
4,298 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.9861° N, 120.6266° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
93620
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Chowchilla240 ft
  2. Mendota170 ft
  3. Santa Nella160 ft
  4. McSwain150 ft
  5. Firebaugh140 ft
  6. El Nido130 ft
  7. Dos Palos110 ft
  8. South Dos Palos110 ft
  9. Los Banos110 ft
  10. Dos Palos Y110 ft
  11. Volta100 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • San Benito Mountain5,266 ft
  • Laguna Mountain4,510 ft
  • Potrero Peak3,730 ft
  • Cerro Colorado3,660 ft
  • Mount Johnson3,468 ft
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, 110 ft at 36.9862° N, 120.6612° 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.