Stanislaus County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stanislaus County, California, shaded from 13 ft on the west side to 3,810 ft on Mount Stakes
Elevation
3,810 ft 1,160 m2,860 ft 870 m2,390 ft 725 m1,440 ft 440 m490 ft 150 m13 ft 4 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

Stanislaus County averages about 520 ft (155 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 13 ft on the west side to 3,810 ft on Mount Stakes.

Average elevation
520 ft 155 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,810 ft 1,161 m
on Mount Stakes
Lowest
13 ft 4 m
on the west side

Stanislaus County spans about 3,797 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 land520 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Stakes (NGS survey height)
3,810 ft1,161 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
13 ft4 m

Elevation profile, west to east

48 mi west to east through Modesto.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stanislaus County, California, shaded from 13 ft on the west side to 3,810 ft on Mount Stakes
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
556,972 2024 est.
Land area
1,496.2 sq mi + 17.9 sq mi water
Density
372 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Tuolumne County5,640 ft
  2. Mariposa County3,620 ft
  3. Calaveras County2,410 ft
  4. Santa Clara County1,250 ft
  5. Alameda County840 ft
  6. Stanislaus County520 ft
  7. Merced County390 ft
  8. San Joaquin County170 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Stakes3,810 ft
  • Black Mountain, Stanislaus County3,750 ft
  • Mount Boardman3,630 ft
  • Mount Oso3,350 ft
  • Copper Mountain, Stanislaus County2,670 ft
All 33 towns in Stanislaus County by typical elevation
  1. Diablo Grande1,050 ft
  2. La Grange290 ft
  3. Knights Ferry210 ft
  4. East Oakdale200 ft
  5. Orange Blossom190 ft
  6. Hickman170 ft
  7. Waterford170 ft
  8. Oakdale160 ft
  9. Valley Home150 ft
  10. Riverbank130 ft
  11. Hughson130 ft
  12. Denair120 ft
  13. Empire120 ft
  14. Crows Landing120 ft
  15. Patterson120 ft
  16. Turlock110 ft
  17. Del Rio100 ft
  18. Keyes96 ft
  19. Westley96 ft
  20. Airport95 ft
  21. Ceres94 ft
  22. Modesto92 ft
  23. Parklawn90 ft
  24. Bystrom90 ft
  25. Newman89 ft
  26. Bret Harte84 ft
  27. West Modesto78 ft
  28. Rouse78 ft
  29. Cowan76 ft
  30. Salida69 ft
  31. Riverdale Park62 ft
  32. Monterey Park Tract62 ft
  33. Grayson53 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.