Montague, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Montague, California, shaded from 2,500 ft on the northwest side to 2,800 ft at the foot of the Kilgore Hills
Elevation
2,800 ft 855 m2,730 ft 830 m2,690 ft 820 m2,610 ft 795 m2,530 ft 770 m2,500 ft 760 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Montague 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: 2,520–2,580 ft
Lowest
2,500 ft 760 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,800 ft 855 m
at the foot of the Kilgore Hills
Average
2,550 ft 775 m
all land inside city limits

Montague spans about 300 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 city limits, at the foot of the Kilgore Hills
2,800 ft855 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
2,500 ft760 m
Town center
USGS map point for Montague
2,540 ft775 m
Airport (1O5)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
2,527 ft770 m
Average of all land2,550 ft775 m
Nearest peak
Paradise Craggy, 5.4 mi north of the city limits
4,870 ft1,485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Montague, California, shaded from 2,500 ft on the northwest side to 2,800 ft at the foot of the Kilgore Hills
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Siskiyou County, California, United States
Population
1,170 2024 est.
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
658 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7282° N, 122.5278° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Klamath River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Montague-Yreka Rohrer Field (1O5) 2,527 ft
ZIP codes 1
96064
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Weed3,540 ft
  2. Carrick3,480 ft
  3. Edgewood2,960 ft
  4. Lake Shastina2,920 ft
  5. Greenview2,850 ft
  6. Gazelle2,790 ft
  7. Fort Jones2,750 ft
  8. Yreka2,690 ft
  9. Grenada2,570 ft
  10. Montague2,550 ft
  11. Hornbrook2,180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Antelope Mountain, Siskiyou County6,097 ft
  • Craggy Mountain5,530 ft
  • Black Mountain, Siskiyou County5,120 ft
  • Badger Mountain5,010 ft
  • Paradise Craggy4,870 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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).
  • 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.