Grimes, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grimes, California, shaded from 35 ft on the south side to 64 ft near the middle
Elevation
68 ft 21 m60 ft 18 m56 ft 17 m47 ft 14 m39 ft 12 m35 ft 11 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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Measure
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Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Grimes sits at about 45 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
45 ft 14 m
most residents: 40–47 ft
Lowest
35 ft 11 m
on the south side
Highest
64 ft 19 m
near the middle
Average
42 ft 13 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Grimes is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 29 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
45 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
64 ft19 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
35 ft11 m
Town center
USGS map point for Grimes
48 ft15 m
Airport (O08)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
49 ft15 m
Average of all land42 ft13 m
Nearest peak
South Butte, 8.9 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
2,100 ft640 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Grimes, California, shaded from 35 ft on the south side to 64 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Colusa County, California, United States
Population
296 2020 Census
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
131 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0743° N, 121.8939° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Sidney Pickels Field (O08) 49 ft
ZIP codes 1
95950
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Arbuckle140 ft
  2. Dunnigan88 ft
  3. Williams85 ft
  4. Sutter73 ft
  5. College City69 ft
  6. Marysville65 ft
  7. Yuba City57 ft
  8. Colusa54 ft
  9. Meridian48 ft
  10. Grimes45 ft
  11. Robbins19 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cold Spring Mountain, Lake County3,590 ft
  • Brushy Sky High3,199 ft
  • Berryessa Peak3,062 ft
  • Jackson Mountain2,780 ft
  • South Butte2,100 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.
  • Grimes 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.