Shasta County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shasta County, California, shaded from 350 ft on the south side to 10,430 ft on Lassen Peak
Elevation
10,430 ft 3,180 m7,910 ft 2,410 m6,650 ft 2,025 m4,130 ft 1,260 m1,610 ft 490 m350 ft 105 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.
3D
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County area
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Elevation Data

Shasta County averages about 3,060 ft (935 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 350 ft on the south side to 10,430 ft on Lassen Peak.

Average elevation
3,060 ft 935 m
all land inside the county
Highest
10,430 ft 3,180 m
on Lassen Peak
Lowest
350 ft 105 m
on the south side

Shasta County spans about 10,080 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 land3,060 ft935 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Lassen Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
10,430 ft3,180 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
350 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

72 mi west to east through Redding.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shasta County, California, shaded from 350 ft on the south side to 10,430 ft on Lassen Peak
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
181,121 2024 est.
Land area
3,775.6 sq mi + 71.8 sq mi water
Density
48 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Pacific Border 54%, Cascade-sierra Mountains 46%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lassen County5,390 ft
  2. Plumas County5,330 ft
  3. Modoc County5,000 ft
  4. Siskiyou County4,260 ft
  5. Trinity County3,810 ft
  6. Shasta County3,060 ft
  7. Tehama County2,150 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Lassen Peak10,430 ft
  • Crater Peak8,683 ft
  • Prospect Peak8,340 ft
  • Burney Mountain7,866 ft
  • Snow Mountain6,810 ft
All 32 towns in Shasta County by typical elevation
  1. Old Station4,380 ft
  2. Shingletown3,570 ft
  3. Hat Creek3,450 ft
  4. Fall River Mills3,320 ft
  5. McArthur3,310 ft
  6. Cassel3,210 ft
  7. Johnson Park3,170 ft
  8. Burney3,140 ft
  9. Platina2,540 ft
  10. Montgomery Creek2,320 ft
  11. Round Mountain2,140 ft
  12. Castella2,100 ft
  13. Big Bend2,040 ft
  14. Whitmore1,870 ft
  15. Oak Run1,530 ft
  16. French Gulch1,350 ft
  17. Lakehead1,190 ft
  18. Ono1,120 ft
  19. Igo1,040 ft
  20. Shasta1,010 ft
  21. Jones Valley990 ft
  22. Mountain Gate930 ft
  23. Centerville850 ft
  24. Shasta Lake790 ft
  25. Keswick770 ft
  26. Happy Valley750 ft
  27. Bella Vista630 ft
  28. Redding570 ft
  29. Millville510 ft
  30. Palo Cedro470 ft
  31. Cottonwood460 ft
  32. Anderson430 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.