Plumas County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plumas County, California, shaded from 1,510 ft on the west side to 8,376 ft on Mount Ingalls
Elevation
8,380 ft 2,555 m6,660 ft 2,030 m5,800 ft 1,770 m4,080 ft 1,245 m2,370 ft 720 m1,510 ft 460 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Plumas County averages about 5,330 ft (1,625 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,510 ft on the west side to 8,376 ft on Mount Ingalls.

Average elevation
5,330 ft 1,625 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,376 ft 2,553 m
on Mount Ingalls
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the west side

Plumas County spans about 6,870 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land5,330 ft1,625 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Ingalls (NGS survey height)
8,376 ft2,553 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, west to east

69 mi west to east through East Quincy.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plumas County, California, shaded from 1,510 ft on the west side to 8,376 ft on Mount Ingalls
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
18,834 2024 est.
Land area
2,553.1 sq mi + 60.4 sq mi water
Density
7.4 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains 99%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Sierra County5,730 ft
  2. Lassen County5,390 ft
  3. Plumas County5,330 ft
  4. Shasta County3,060 ft
  5. Tehama County2,150 ft
  6. Butte County1,560 ft
  7. Yuba County1,040 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Ingalls8,376 ft
  • Dixie Mountain8,327 ft
  • Mount Harkness8,049 ft
  • Kettle Rock7,833 ft
  • Thompson Peak7,793 ft
All 46 towns in Plumas County by typical elevation
  1. Lake Davis5,870 ft
  2. Johnsville5,740 ft
  3. Little Grass Valley5,500 ft
  4. Warner Valley5,430 ft
  5. Beckwourth5,400 ft
  6. Bucks Lake5,370 ft
  7. Chilcoot-Vinton5,070 ft
  8. La Porte4,990 ft
  9. Gold Mountain4,960 ft
  10. Iron Horse4,940 ft
  11. Mohawk Vista4,930 ft
  12. Delleker4,930 ft
  13. Mabie4,910 ft
  14. Portola4,910 ft
  15. Lake Almanor Country Club4,790 ft
  16. Lake Almanor Peninsula4,710 ft
  17. C-Road4,680 ft
  18. Lake Almanor West4,630 ft
  19. Hamilton Branch4,610 ft
  20. Prattville4,610 ft
  21. Canyondam4,590 ft
  22. Greenhorn4,590 ft
  23. East Shore4,570 ft
  24. Almanor4,570 ft
  25. Whitehawk4,550 ft
  26. Chester4,520 ft
  27. Valley Ranch4,480 ft
  28. Graeagle4,480 ft
  29. Clio4,410 ft
  30. Plumas Eureka4,410 ft
  31. Blairsden4,390 ft
  32. Cromberg4,360 ft
  33. Crescent Mills4,050 ft
  34. Spring Garden3,960 ft
  35. Meadow Valley3,750 ft
  36. Greenville3,600 ft
  37. Taylorsville3,550 ft
  38. East Quincy3,510 ft
  39. Quincy3,430 ft
  40. Indian Falls3,360 ft
  41. Keddie3,180 ft
  42. Caribou3,030 ft
  43. Tobin2,980 ft
  44. Paxton2,910 ft
  45. Twain2,790 ft
  46. Belden2,300 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.