Likely, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,620 ft 1,410 m4,570 ft 1,390 m4,540 ft 1,385 m4,490 ft 1,365 m4,430 ft 1,350 m4,400 ft 1,340 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
Likely sits at about 4,460 ft (1,360 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,460 ft 1,360 m
most residents: 4,420–4,520 ft
Lowest
4,400 ft 1,340 m
on the northwest side
Highest
4,620 ft 1,410 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
4,470 ft 1,360 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Likely spans about 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,460 ft1,360 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside | 4,620 ft1,410 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 4,400 ft1,340 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Likely | 4,450 ft1,355 m |
| Average of all land | 4,470 ft1,360 m |
| Nearest peak Likely Mountain, 4.8 mi southwest of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 7,381 ft2,250 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
2.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,460 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.7 °F95.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.4 inHg (86.0 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Modoc County, California, United States
- Population
- 58 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 44 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.2305° N, 120.5041° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- South Fork Pit River → Pit River → Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 96116
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Madeline5,330 ft
- Cedarville4,660 ft
- Eagleville4,630 ft
- Lake City4,610 ft
- Likely4,460 ft
- Daphnedale Park4,420 ft
- California Pines4,410 ft
- Alturas4,370 ft
- Canby4,320 ft
- Adin4,210 ft
- Lookout4,150 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California126th highest of 1,622
- Towns in Modoc County6th highest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Eagle Peak9,880 ft
- Likely Mountain7,381 ft
- Knox Mountain7,090 ft
- Tule Mountain7,090 ft
- Whitinger Mountain7,060 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).
- 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, 4,400 ft at 41.2413° N, 120.5224° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.
- Likely 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.