Plumas Lake, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plumas Lake, California, shaded from 25 ft on the south side to 87 ft near the middle
Elevation
87 ft 26 m71 ft 22 m63 ft 19 m48 ft 15 m33 ft 10 m25 ft 8 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Plumas Lake sits at about 47 ft (14 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
47 ft 14 m
most residents: 43–49 ft
Lowest
25 ft 8 m
on the south side
Highest
87 ft 26 m
near the middle
Average
43 ft 13 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Plumas Lake spans about 62 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
47 ft14 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
87 ft26 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
25 ft8 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plumas Lake
46 ft14 m
Airport (MYV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.7 mi north of the CDP boundary
64 ft20 m
Average of all land43 ft13 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plumas Lake, California, shaded from 25 ft on the south side to 87 ft near the middle
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Yuba County, California, United States
Population
8,126 2020 Census
Land area
11.8 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
686 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0207° N, 121.5580° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Sacramento River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Yuba County (MYV) 64 ft
ZIP codes 1
95961
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sheridan120 ft
  2. Wheatland85 ft
  3. Linda68 ft
  4. Marysville65 ft
  5. Olivehurst63 ft
  6. Yuba City57 ft
  7. Trowbridge51 ft
  8. Plumas Lake47 ft
  9. Rio Oso46 ft
  10. East Nicolaus44 ft
  11. Nicolaus33 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Berryessa Peak3,062 ft
  • Bloomer Hill3,004 ft
  • Jackson Mountain2,780 ft
  • Cedar Roughs2,370 ft
  • South Butte2,100 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.
  • Plumas Lake 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.