Petaluma Center, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Petaluma Center, California, shaded from 68 ft on the north side to 330 ft at the foot of the Sonoma Mountains
Elevation
330 ft 100 m260 ft 80 m230 ft 70 m160 ft 50 m100 ft 30 m68 ft 21 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Petaluma Center sits at about 110 ft (35 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
110 ft 35 m
most residents: 110–200 ft
Lowest
68 ft 21 m
on the north side
Highest
330 ft 100 m
at the foot of the Sonoma Mountains
Average
120 ft 40 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Petaluma Center spans about 262 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
110 ft35 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Sonoma Mountains
330 ft100 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
68 ft21 m
Average of all land120 ft40 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the middle of Petaluma Center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Petaluma Center, California, shaded from 68 ft on the north side to 330 ft at the foot of the Sonoma Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sonoma County, California, United States
Population
709 2020 Census
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
604 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2470° N, 122.7902° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
94952
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dillon Beach360 ft
  2. Inverness320 ft
  3. Bloomfield180 ft
  4. Sonoma State University150 ft
  5. Penngrove120 ft
  6. Petaluma Center110 ft
  7. Cotati110 ft
  8. Rohnert Park110 ft
  9. Tomales110 ft
  10. Valley Ford94 ft
  11. Petaluma45 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Mountain, Sonoma County2,730 ft
  • Mount Veeder2,680 ft
  • Mount Tamalpais2,576 ft
  • Mohrhardt Ridge2,320 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.
  • Petaluma Center 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.