North Richmond, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Richmond, California, shaded from sea level level on San Pablo Bay to 140 ft at the foot of the Berkeley Hills
Elevation
140 ft 40 m100 ft 30 m85 ft 26 m51 ft 15 m17 ft 5 m0 ft 0 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

North Richmond sits at about 14 ft (4 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
14 ft 4 m
most residents: 10–22 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on San Pablo Bay
Highest
140 ft 40 m
at the foot of the Berkeley Hills
Average
20 ft 6 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

North Richmond spans about 140 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
14 ft4 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Berkeley Hills
140 ft40 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets San Pablo Bay
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Richmond
16 ft5 m
Average of all land20 ft6 m
Nearest peak
Vollmer Peak, 9.0 mi southeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey)
1,916 ft584 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Richmond, California, shaded from sea level level on San Pablo Bay to 140 ft at the foot of the Berkeley Hills
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Contra Costa County, California, United States
Population
4,175 2020 Census
Land area
1.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
3,004 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9588° N, 122.3675° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
94801
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. East Richmond Heights330 ft
  2. El Sobrante240 ft
  3. Pinole140 ft
  4. El Cerrito110 ft
  5. Tara Hills98 ft
  6. Rollingwood78 ft
  7. Richmond54 ft
  8. Montalvin Manor53 ft
  9. Bayview, Contra Costa County47 ft
  10. San Pablo47 ft
  11. North Richmond14 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Diablo3,864 ft
  • Mount Tamalpais2,576 ft
  • Rocky Ridge2,020 ft
  • Vollmer Peak1,916 ft
  • Big Rock Ridge1,880 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).
  • 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.
  • North Richmond 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.