Mead Valley, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mead Valley, California, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southeast side to 2,340 ft on the south side
Elevation
2,340 ft 715 m2,120 ft 645 m2,010 ft 615 m1,800 ft 545 m1,580 ft 480 m1,470 ft 450 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

Mead Valley sits at about 1,680 ft (510 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,680 ft 510 m
most residents: 1,600–1,770 ft
Lowest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,340 ft 715 m
on the south side
Average
1,700 ft 520 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Mead Valley spans about 870 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
1,680 ft510 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
2,340 ft715 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,470 ft450 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mead Valley
1,650 ft505 m
Airport (RIV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
1,536 ft468 m
Average of all land1,700 ft520 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mead Valley, California, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southeast side to 2,340 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riverside County, California, United States
Population
19,819 2020 Census
Land area
19.1 sq mi
Density
1,038 per sq mi
Coordinates
33.8334° N, 117.2962° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Temescal Wash → Santa Ana River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
March Arb (RIV) 1,536 ft
ZIP codes 1
92570
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mead Valley1,680 ft
  2. Lake Mathews1,660 ft
  3. Meadowbrook1,660 ft
  4. Good Hope1,630 ft
  5. Moreno Valley1,600 ft
  6. March ARB1,530 ft
  7. Nuevo1,500 ft
  8. Woodcrest1,490 ft
  9. Romoland1,450 ft
  10. Perris1,450 ft
  11. Warm Springs1,360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cucamonga Peak8,850 ft
  • Santiago Peak5,690 ft
  • Harrison Mountain4,730 ft
  • Estelle Mountain2,767 ft
  • Mount Jurupa2,225 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, 1,470 ft at 33.8024° N, 117.2354° 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.
  • Mead Valley 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.