Sugarloaf Saw Mill, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,730 ft 1,750 m5,630 ft 1,715 m5,580 ft 1,700 m5,470 ft 1,670 m5,370 ft 1,635 m5,320 ft 1,620 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Sugarloaf Saw Mill sits at about 5,510 ft (1,680 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
5,510 ft 1,680 m
few residents
Lowest
5,320 ft 1,620 m
on the northeast side
Highest
5,730 ft 1,750 m
at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains
Average
5,510 ft 1,680 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Sugarloaf Saw Mill spans about 410 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 5,510 ft1,680 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Greenhorn Mountains | 5,730 ft1,750 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side | 5,320 ft1,620 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sugarloaf Saw Mill | 5,550 ft1,690 m |
| Average of all land | 5,510 ft1,680 m |
| Nearest peak Tobias Peak, 2.5 mi east of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 8,292 ft2,527 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 5,510 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
201.8 °F94.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
82% of sea level
24.4 inHg (82.7 kPa): each breath holds 18% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+11% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tulare County, California, United States
- Population
- 14 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Density
- 144 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 35.8355° N, 118.6190° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Cascade-sierra Mountains
- Drains to
- White River → Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 93260
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Alta Sierra, Kern County5,790 ft
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill5,510 ft
- Sugarloaf Village5,140 ft
- Panorama Heights5,070 ft
- McClenney Tract4,820 ft
- Poso Park4,640 ft
- Pine Flat3,890 ft
- Idlewild3,810 ft
- Posey3,690 ft
- California Hot Springs3,400 ft
- Glennville3,080 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California51st highest of 1,622
- Towns in Tulare County7th highest of 70
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Cannell Peak9,470 ft
- Tobias Peak8,292 ft
- Baker Peak7,910 ft
- Black Mountain, Kern County7,430 ft
- Blue Mountain, Kern County4,829 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.
- Sugarloaf Saw Mill 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.