Irvine, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Irvine, California, shaded from sea level level on Newport Bay to 1,470 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,470 ft 450 m1,110 ft 335 m920 ft 280 m550 ft 170 m180 ft 55 m0 ft 0 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Irvine sits at about 150 ft (45 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
150 ft 45 m
most residents: 51–350 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Newport Bay
Highest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the northeast side
Average
290 ft 90 m
all land inside city limits

Irvine spans about 1,470 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
150 ft45 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,470 ft450 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Newport Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Irvine
57 ft17 m
Airport (SNA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi west of the city limits
56 ft17 m
Average of all land290 ft90 m
Nearest peak
Santiago Peak, 8.5 mi east of the city limits (NGS survey)
5,690 ft1,734 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Irvine, California, shaded from sea level level on Newport Bay to 1,470 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
City in Orange County, California, United States
Population
318,683 2024 est.
Land area
65.6 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
4,857 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.6695° N, 117.8231° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
John Wayne/Orange County (SNA) 56 ft
ZIP codes 11
92602 92603 92604 92606 92612 92614 92617 92618 92620 92676 92697
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Forest570 ft
  2. Laguna Woods370 ft
  3. Laguna Hills370 ft
  4. El Modena310 ft
  5. North Tustin210 ft
  6. Irvine150 ft
  7. Tustin110 ft
  8. Newport Beach97 ft
  9. Santa Ana79 ft
  10. Costa Mesa78 ft
  11. Fountain Valley32 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Santiago Peak5,690 ft
  • Sunset Peak5,580 ft
  • Estelle Mountain2,767 ft
  • Mount Jurupa2,225 ft
  • San Pedro Hill1,480 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, 0 ft at 33.6632° N, 117.8388° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.