Porterville, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Porterville, California, shaded from 400 ft on the southwest side to 1,130 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m950 ft 290 m860 ft 260 m670 ft 205 m490 ft 150 m400 ft 120 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
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Porterville sits at about 440 ft (135 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
440 ft 135 m
most residents: 420–470 ft
Lowest
400 ft 120 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside city limits

Porterville spans about 730 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
440 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
400 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Porterville
460 ft140 m
Airport (PTV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
443 ft135 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Porterville, California, shaded from 400 ft on the southwest side to 1,130 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Tulare County, California, United States
Population
63,517 2024 est.
Land area
18.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
3,372 per sq mi
Coordinates
36.0652° N, 119.0168° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Porterville Municipal (PTV) 443 ft
ZIP codes 1
93257
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Springville1,010 ft
  2. East Porterville490 ft
  3. Terra Bella480 ft
  4. Porterville440 ft
  5. Strathmore400 ft
  6. El Rancho390 ft
  7. Lindsay380 ft
  8. Poplar-Cotton Center370 ft
  9. Woodville Farm Labor Camp370 ft
  10. Plainview350 ft
  11. Woodville330 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slate Mountain9,300 ft
  • Tobias Peak8,292 ft
  • Blue Mountain, Kern County4,829 ft
  • Rocky Hill1,780 ft
  • Colvin Mountain1,610 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 390 ft at 36.0849° N, 119.0785° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.