South San Gabriel, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South San Gabriel, California, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 540 ft on the west side
Elevation
540 ft 165 m460 ft 140 m420 ft 130 m350 ft 105 m280 ft 85 m240 ft 75 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

South San Gabriel sits at about 340 ft (105 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
340 ft 105 m
most residents: 300–420 ft
Lowest
240 ft 75 m
on the east side
Highest
540 ft 165 m
on the west side
Average
350 ft 105 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

South San Gabriel spans about 300 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
340 ft105 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
240 ft75 m
Airport (EMT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
296 ft90 m
Average of all land350 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the middle of South San Gabriel.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South San Gabriel, California, shaded from 240 ft on the east side to 540 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Population
7,920 2020 Census
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
9,496 per sq mi
Coordinates
34.0490° N, 118.0948° 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
91770
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Rose Hills570 ft
  2. Alhambra460 ft
  3. San Gabriel390 ft
  4. Monterey Park390 ft
  5. Temple City360 ft
  6. South San Gabriel340 ft
  7. Rosemead300 ft
  8. El Monte290 ft
  9. South El Monte240 ft
  10. Montebello210 ft
  11. Pico Rivera170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Waterman Mountain8,030 ft
  • Mount Gleason6,530 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 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.
  • South San Gabriel 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.