Sierra Madre, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,290 ft 700 m1,870 ft 570 m1,660 ft 505 m1,250 ft 380 m830 ft 250 m620 ft 190 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Sierra Madre sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 750–1,120 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the east side
Highest
2,290 ft 700 m
at the foot of the San Rafael Hills
Average
1,100 ft 335 m
all land inside city limits
Sierra Madre spans about 1,670 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 890 ft270 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, at the foot of the San Rafael Hills | 2,290 ft700 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 620 ft190 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sierra Madre | 830 ft250 m |
| Airport (EMT) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi south of the city limits | 296 ft90 m |
| Average of all land | 1,100 ft335 m |
| Nearest peak Monrovia Peak, 4.2 mi northeast of the city limits | 5,390 ft1,645 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Population
- 10,775 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.0 sq mi
- Density
- 3,651 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 34.1617° N, 118.0528° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- San Gabriel Valley (EMT) 296 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 91024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Sierra Madre890 ft
- San Pasqual700 ft
- East Pasadena630 ft
- San Marino570 ft
- Monrovia530 ft
- East San Gabriel490 ft
- Arcadia470 ft
- South Monrovia Island390 ft
- Temple City360 ft
- Mayflower Village360 ft
- North El Monte330 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California580th highest of 1,622
- Towns in Los Angeles County33rd highest of 142
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Waterman Mountain8,030 ft
- Pacifico Mountain7,137 ft
- San Gabriel Peak6,150 ft
- Monrovia Peak5,390 ft
- Mount Lukens5,076 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).
- 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.