Mad River, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mad River, California, shaded from 2,340 ft on the northwest side to 5,620 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
5,630 ft 1,715 m4,800 ft 1,465 m4,390 ft 1,340 m3,570 ft 1,090 m2,750 ft 840 m2,340 ft 715 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Mad River sits at about 2,910 ft (885 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,910 ft 885 m
most residents: 2,460–3,870 ft
Lowest
2,340 ft 715 m
on the northwest side
Highest
5,620 ft 1,715 m
on the northeast side
Average
3,350 ft 1,020 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mad River spans about 3,280 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
2,910 ft885 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
5,620 ft1,715 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
2,340 ft715 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mad River
2,500 ft765 m
Average of all land3,350 ft1,020 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mad River, California, shaded from 2,340 ft on the northwest side to 5,620 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Trinity County, California, United States
Population
361 2020 Census
Land area
35.2 sq mi
Density
10 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4524° N, 123.5098° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Mad River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
95526 95552
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Post Mountain3,440 ft
  2. Mad River2,910 ft
  3. Ruth2,830 ft
  4. Hayfork2,430 ft
  5. Hyampom1,550 ft
  6. Alderpoint480 ft
  7. Redcrest380 ft
  8. Miranda360 ft
  9. Weott260 ft
  10. Phillipsville240 ft
  11. Myers Flat190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Chinquapin Butte6,073 ft
  • Blake Mountain5,909 ft
  • Signal Peak5,820 ft
  • Pattison Peak5,150 ft
  • Showers Mountain4,415 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.
  • Mad River 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.