Kings County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kings County, California, shaded from 170 ft near the middle to 3,470 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
3,470 ft 1,060 m2,650 ft 805 m2,230 ft 680 m1,410 ft 430 m580 ft 175 m170 ft 50 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kings County averages about 380 ft (115 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 170 ft near the middle to 3,470 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
380 ft 115 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,470 ft 1,060 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
170 ft 50 m
near the middle

Kings County spans about 3,300 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land380 ft115 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
3,470 ft1,060 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
170 ft50 m

Elevation profile, south to north

45 mi south to north through Hanford.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kings County, California, shaded from 170 ft near the middle to 3,470 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
154,913 2024 est.
Land area
1,391.0 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
111 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Tulare County4,290 ft
  2. Fresno County3,320 ft
  3. Kern County2,390 ft
  4. San Luis Obispo County1,530 ft
  5. Monterey County1,440 ft
  6. Kings County380 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Zwang Peak3,070 ft
  • Garza Peak2,680 ft
  • Johnson Peak, Kings County2,661 ft
  • Three Peaks, Kings County2,630 ft
  • Roundtop, Kings County2,570 ft
All 11 towns in Kings County by typical elevation
  1. Avenal800 ft
  2. Kettleman City250 ft
  3. Hardwick240 ft
  4. Hanford230 ft
  5. Grangeville220 ft
  6. Home Garden220 ft
  7. Armona220 ft
  8. Lemoore Station210 ft
  9. Lemoore210 ft
  10. Stratford190 ft
  11. Corcoran180 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 160 ft at 36.0657° N, 119.8265° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.