McCloud, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McCloud, California, shaded from 3,090 ft on the south side to 3,600 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
3,600 ft 1,100 m3,470 ft 1,060 m3,410 ft 1,040 m3,280 ft 1,000 m3,150 ft 960 m3,090 ft 940 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
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

McCloud sits at about 3,280 ft (1,000 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,280 ft 1,000 m
most residents: 3,230–3,360 ft
Lowest
3,090 ft 940 m
on the south side
Highest
3,600 ft 1,100 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,300 ft 1,005 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

McCloud spans about 510 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
3,280 ft1,000 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
3,600 ft1,100 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
3,090 ft940 m
Town center
USGS map point for McCloud
3,270 ft995 m
Average of all land3,300 ft1,005 m
Nearest peak
Girard Ridge, 8.0 mi southwest of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
5,166 ft1,575 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,280 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.9 °F96.6 °C

vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.

Air pressure
89% of sea level

26.5 inHg (89.9 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level

Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.

Sunburn
+7% more UV

EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of McCloud, California, shaded from 3,090 ft on the south side to 3,600 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Siskiyou County, California, United States
Population
945 2020 Census
Land area
2.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
390 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2557° N, 122.1394° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
96057
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tennant4,800 ft
  2. Mount Shasta3,620 ft
  3. Weed3,540 ft
  4. Carrick3,480 ft
  5. McCloud3,280 ft
  6. Edgewood2,960 ft
  7. Lake Shastina2,920 ft
  8. Gazelle2,790 ft
  9. Dunsmuir2,380 ft
  10. Castella2,100 ft
  11. Big Bend2,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Shasta14,130 ft
  • Black Butte, Siskiyou County6,310 ft
  • Shoeinhorse Mountain5,280 ft
  • Girard Ridge5,166 ft
  • Bald Mountain, Shasta County4,710 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).
  • 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.
  • McCloud 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.