Manton, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manton, California, shaded from 1,170 ft on the west side to 4,025 ft on Digger Butte
Elevation
4,020 ft 1,225 m3,310 ft 1,010 m2,950 ft 900 m2,240 ft 680 m1,520 ft 465 m1,170 ft 355 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
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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

Manton sits at about 2,550 ft (775 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,550 ft 775 m
most residents: 1,730–3,050 ft
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the west side
Highest
4,025 ft 1,227 m
on Digger Butte
Average
2,350 ft 715 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Manton spans about 2,850 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
2,550 ft775 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Digger Butte
4,025 ft1,227 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,170 ft355 m
Town center
USGS map point for Manton
2,000 ft610 m
Average of all land2,350 ft715 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manton, California, shaded from 1,170 ft on the west side to 4,025 ft on Digger Butte
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tehama County, California, United States
Population
310 2020 Census
Land area
17.7 sq mi
Density
18 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4352° N, 121.8700° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
96059
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mineral4,900 ft
  2. Shingletown3,570 ft
  3. Manton2,550 ft
  4. Paynes Creek1,890 ft
  5. Whitmore1,870 ft
  6. Oak Run1,530 ft
  7. Dales670 ft
  8. Millville510 ft
  9. Lake California490 ft
  10. Palo Cedro470 ft
  11. Bend320 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Lassen Peak10,430 ft
  • Crater Peak8,683 ft
  • Turner Mountain6,898 ft
  • Snow Mountain, Shasta County6,810 ft
  • Inskip Hill3,090 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, 1,160 ft at 40.4154° N, 121.9407° 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).
  • 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.
  • Manton 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.