Herlong, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,160 ft 1,270 m4,130 ft 1,260 m4,110 ft 1,255 m4,080 ft 1,245 m4,050 ft 1,235 m4,040 ft 1,230 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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
Herlong sits at about 4,130 ft (1,260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,130 ft 1,260 m
most residents: 4,130–4,140 ft
Lowest
4,040 ft 1,230 m
on the northwest side
Highest
4,160 ft 1,270 m
on the south side
Average
4,110 ft 1,255 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Herlong spans about 120 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,130 ft1,260 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 4,160 ft1,270 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 4,040 ft1,230 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Herlong | 4,110 ft1,255 m |
| Airport (H37) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.5 mi west of the CDP boundary | 4,062 ft1,238 m |
| Average of all land | 4,110 ft1,255 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,130 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.3 °F95.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.7 inHg (87.1 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.0% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lassen County, California, United States
- Population
- 237 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.7 sq mi
- Density
- 142 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.1435° N, 120.1347° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Honey Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Herlong (H37) 4,062 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 96113
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lake Davis5,870 ft
- Beckwourth5,400 ft
- Chilcoot-Vinton5,070 ft
- Portola4,910 ft
- Milford4,880 ft
- Janesville4,300 ft
- Doyle4,270 ft
- Johnstonville4,150 ft
- Herlong4,130 ft
- Litchfield4,080 ft
- Patton Village4,050 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California158th highest of 1,622
- Towns in Lassen County12th highest of 16
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Dixie Mountain8,327 ft
- Adams Peak8,170 ft
- State Line Peak7,989 ft
- Hot Springs Peak7,560 ft
- Seven Lakes Mountain6,050 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Herlong 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.