Hughson, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hughson, California, shaded from 48 ft on the north side to 130 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
130 ft 40 m110 ft 35 m100 ft 30 m80 ft 24 m59 ft 18 m48 ft 15 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hughson sits at about 130 ft (40 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
130 ft 40 m
most residents: 120–130 ft
Lowest
48 ft 15 m
on the north side
Highest
130 ft 40 m
on the northeast side
Average
120 ft 35 m
all land inside city limits

Hughson spans about 82 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
130 ft40 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
130 ft40 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
48 ft15 m
Town center
USGS map point for Hughson
120 ft40 m
Airport (MOD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi west of the city limits
99 ft30 m
Average of all land120 ft35 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hughson, California, shaded from 48 ft on the north side to 130 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Stanislaus County, California, United States
Population
7,903 2024 est.
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
4,125 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.5969° N, 120.8660° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
San Joaquin River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Modesto City-County-Harry Sham Field (MOD) 99 ft
ZIP codes 1
95326
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hickman170 ft
  2. Waterford170 ft
  3. Hughson130 ft
  4. Denair120 ft
  5. Empire120 ft
  6. Turlock110 ft
  7. Keyes96 ft
  8. Airport95 ft
  9. Ceres94 ft
  10. Parklawn90 ft
  11. Bystrom90 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Copernicus Peak4,360 ft
  • Bullion Knob4,240 ft
  • Eylar Mountain4,087 ft
  • Mount Stakes3,810 ft
  • Bear Mountain, Calaveras County2,890 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).
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.