Kep'el, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kep'el, California, shaded from 110 ft on the southwest side to 2,330 ft at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
Elevation
2,330 ft 710 m1,770 ft 540 m1,500 ft 455 m940 ft 290 m390 ft 120 m110 ft 35 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
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

Kep'el sits at about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 230 m
most residents: 290–1,540 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,330 ft 710 m
at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
Average
1,010 ft 310 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Kep'el spans about 2,220 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
760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
2,330 ft710 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
110 ft35 m
Average of all land1,010 ft310 m
Nearest peak
Burrill Peak, 4.5 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
4,352 ft1,326 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.6 mi west to east through the middle of Kep'el.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kep'el, California, shaded from 110 ft on the southwest side to 2,330 ft at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Humboldt County, California, United States
Population
76 2020 Census
Land area
3.6 sq mi
Density
21 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2878° N, 123.8280° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Klamath River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95546
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Weitchpec1,030 ft
  2. Wautec820 ft
  3. Kep'el760 ft
  4. Willow Creek590 ft
  5. Hoopa400 ft
  6. Westhaven-Moonstone340 ft
  7. Klamath210 ft
  8. Fieldbrook210 ft
  9. Trinidad160 ft
  10. Big Lagoon54 ft
  11. Orick37 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Creek Mountain4,910 ft
  • Slate Creek Butte4,840 ft
  • Burrill Peak4,352 ft
  • Bunch Grass Ridge3,990 ft
  • Sugar Pine Mountain3,910 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.
  • Kep'el 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.