Pierpoint, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pierpoint, California, shaded from 4,090 ft on the west side to 5,240 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
5,240 ft 1,595 m4,950 ft 1,510 m4,810 ft 1,465 m4,520 ft 1,380 m4,230 ft 1,290 m4,090 ft 1,245 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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

Pierpoint sits at about 4,580 ft (1,395 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
4,580 ft 1,395 m
few residents
Lowest
4,090 ft 1,245 m
on the west side
Highest
5,240 ft 1,595 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
4,600 ft 1,400 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Pierpoint spans about 1,150 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
4,580 ft1,395 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
5,240 ft1,595 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
4,090 ft1,245 m
Average of all land4,600 ft1,400 m
Nearest peak
Slate Mountain, 4.5 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
9,300 ft2,835 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.6 mi south to north through the middle of Pierpoint.

Altitude Effects

What 4,580 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.

Water boils at
203.5 °F95.3 °C

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

Air pressure
85% of sea level

25.3 inHg (85.6 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.

Oxygen equivalent
17.7% at sea level

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

Sunburn
+9% more UV

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pierpoint, California, shaded from 4,090 ft on the west side to 5,240 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tulare County, California, United States
Population
59 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
145 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.1380° N, 118.6305° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Tule River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
ZIP codes 1
93265
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ponderosa7,220 ft
  2. Sequoia Crest6,760 ft
  3. Cedar Slope5,670 ft
  4. Sugarloaf Saw Mill5,510 ft
  5. Sugarloaf Village5,140 ft
  6. Camp Nelson4,890 ft
  7. Pierpoint4,580 ft
  8. Pine Flat3,890 ft
  9. California Hot Springs3,400 ft
  10. Springville1,010 ft
  11. East Porterville490 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Vandever Mountain11,930 ft
  • Slate Mountain9,300 ft
  • Hockett Peak8,530 ft
  • Baker Peak7,910 ft
  • Rocky Hill1,780 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Pierpoint 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. All public domain.