Forest Ranch, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest Ranch, California, shaded from 880 ft on the southwest side to 3,510 ft on Platte Mountain
Elevation
3,510 ft 1,070 m2,850 ft 870 m2,520 ft 770 m1,860 ft 570 m1,200 ft 365 m880 ft 265 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Forest Ranch sits at about 2,420 ft (735 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,420 ft 735 m
most residents: 2,040–3,070 ft
Lowest
880 ft 265 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,510 ft 1,070 m
on Platte Mountain
Average
2,370 ft 725 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Forest Ranch spans about 2,630 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
2,420 ft735 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Platte Mountain
3,510 ft1,070 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
880 ft265 m
Town center
USGS map point for Forest Ranch
2,410 ft735 m
Average of all land2,370 ft725 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest Ranch, California, shaded from 880 ft on the southwest side to 3,510 ft on Platte Mountain
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Butte County, California, United States
Population
1,304 2020 Census
Land area
13.9 sq mi
Density
94 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.8821° N, 121.6728° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95942
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Butte Meadows4,400 ft
  2. Stirling City3,560 ft
  3. Cohasset2,500 ft
  4. Magalia2,470 ft
  5. Forest Ranch2,420 ft
  6. Concow2,250 ft
  7. Yankee Hill1,890 ft
  8. Paradise1,780 ft
  9. Butte Creek Canyon530 ft
  10. Butte Valley470 ft
  11. Chico200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Butt Mountain7,874 ft
  • Bald Eagle Mountain7,186 ft
  • Turner Mountain6,898 ft
  • Red Hill6,352 ft
  • Bloomer Hill3,004 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.
  • Forest Ranch 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.