Meadow Valley, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meadow Valley, California, shaded from 3,580 ft on the northeast side to 6,670 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
6,670 ft 2,035 m5,900 ft 1,800 m5,510 ft 1,680 m4,740 ft 1,445 m3,970 ft 1,210 m3,580 ft 1,090 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

Meadow Valley sits at about 3,750 ft (1,140 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
3,750 ft 1,140 m
most residents: 3,720–3,870 ft
Lowest
3,580 ft 1,090 m
on the northeast side
Highest
6,670 ft 2,035 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
4,290 ft 1,310 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Meadow Valley spans about 3,090 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
3,750 ft1,140 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
6,670 ft2,035 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
3,580 ft1,090 m
Town center
USGS map point for Meadow Valley
3,790 ft1,155 m
Airport (2O1)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi east of the CDP boundary
3,419 ft1,042 m
Average of all land4,290 ft1,310 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Altitude Effects

What 3,750 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
205.0 °F96.1 °C

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

Air pressure
87% of sea level

26.1 inHg (88.3 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
18.3% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+8% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meadow Valley, California, shaded from 3,580 ft on the northeast side to 6,670 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Plumas County, California, United States
Population
453 2020 Census
Land area
8.5 sq mi
Density
53 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.9296° N, 121.0608° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
North Fork Feather River → Feather River → Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Gansner Field (2O1) 3,419 ft
ZIP codes 1
95956
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bucks Lake5,370 ft
  2. Meadow Valley3,750 ft
  3. East Quincy3,510 ft
  4. Quincy3,430 ft
  5. Indian Falls3,360 ft
  6. Keddie3,180 ft
  7. Caribou3,030 ft
  8. Tobin2,980 ft
  9. Paxton2,910 ft
  10. Twain2,790 ft
  11. Belden2,300 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Hough7,235 ft
  • Bald Eagle Mountain7,186 ft
  • Claremont6,990 ft
  • Red Hill6,352 ft
  • Rush Creek Hill6,350 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.
  • Meadow 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.