Madera County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madera County, California, shaded from 96 ft on the west side to 13,130 ft on Mount Ritter
Elevation
13,130 ft 4,000 m9,870 ft 3,010 m8,240 ft 2,510 m4,980 ft 1,520 m1,730 ft 525 m96 ft 29 m
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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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County area
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Elevation Data

Madera County averages about 3,070 ft (935 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 96 ft on the west side to 13,130 ft on Mount Ritter.

Average elevation
3,070 ft 935 m
all land inside the county
Highest
13,130 ft 4,000 m
on Mount Ritter
Lowest
96 ft 29 m
on the west side

Madera County spans about 13,034 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 land3,070 ft935 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Ritter (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
13,130 ft4,000 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
96 ft29 m

Elevation profile, west to east

41 mi west to east through Madera.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madera County, California, shaded from 96 ft on the west side to 13,130 ft on Mount Ritter
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 1,000 ft (305 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
165,432 2024 est.
Land area
2,136.7 sq mi + 16.3 sq mi water
Density
77 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Cascade-sierra Mountains 55%, Pacific Border 45%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Mono County7,800 ft
  2. Tuolumne County5,640 ft
  3. Mariposa County3,620 ft
  4. Fresno County3,320 ft
  5. Madera County3,070 ft
  6. Merced County390 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Ritter13,130 ft
  • San Joaquin Mountain11,606 ft
  • Triple Divide Peak11,590 ft
  • Mammoth Mountain11,059 ft
  • Iron Mountain9,170 ft
All 17 towns in Madera County by typical elevation
  1. Bass Lake3,480 ft
  2. North Fork3,000 ft
  3. Nipinnawasee3,000 ft
  4. Oakhurst2,830 ft
  5. Coarsegold2,230 ft
  6. Ahwahnee2,200 ft
  7. Yosemite Lakes1,290 ft
  8. Rolling Hills, Madera County370 ft
  9. Bonadelle Ranchos360 ft
  10. Madera Ranchos340 ft
  11. Madera Acres280 ft
  12. Parksdale270 ft
  13. Madera270 ft
  14. Parkwood260 ft
  15. Fairmead250 ft
  16. Chowchilla240 ft
  17. La Vina230 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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, 97 ft at 37.0596° N, 120.5046° 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.