Tehama County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tehama County, California, shaded from 140 ft on the south side to 9,210 ft on Brokeoff Mountain
Elevation
9,210 ft 2,805 m6,940 ft 2,115 m5,810 ft 1,770 m3,540 ft 1,080 m1,270 ft 390 m140 ft 45 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tehama County averages about 2,150 ft (655 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 140 ft on the south side to 9,210 ft on Brokeoff Mountain.

Average elevation
2,150 ft 655 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,210 ft 2,805 m
on Brokeoff Mountain
Lowest
140 ft 45 m
on the south side

Tehama County spans about 9,070 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 land2,150 ft655 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Brokeoff Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
9,210 ft2,805 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
140 ft45 m

Elevation profile, west to east

81 mi west to east through Red Bluff.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tehama County, California, shaded from 140 ft on the south side to 9,210 ft on Brokeoff Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
64,451 2024 est.
Land area
2,949.1 sq mi + 13.0 sq mi water
Density
22 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Pacific Border 72%, Cascade-sierra Mountains 28%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Plumas County5,330 ft
  2. Trinity County3,810 ft
  3. Shasta County3,060 ft
  4. Tehama County2,150 ft
  5. Mendocino County1,790 ft
  6. Butte County1,560 ft
  7. Glenn County1,330 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Linn8,080 ft
  • Butt Mountain7,874 ft
  • Turner Mountain6,898 ft
  • Tomhead Mountain6,761 ft
  • Goat Hill6,098 ft
All 18 towns in Tehama County by typical elevation
  1. Mineral4,900 ft
  2. Manton2,550 ft
  3. Paynes Creek1,890 ft
  4. Paskenta800 ft
  5. Dales670 ft
  6. Rancho Tehama Reserve670 ft
  7. Flournoy610 ft
  8. Lake California490 ft
  9. Bend320 ft
  10. Red Bluff310 ft
  11. Corning280 ft
  12. Richfield270 ft
  13. Proberta260 ft
  14. Las Flores, Tehama County240 ft
  15. Gerber230 ft
  16. Los Molinos230 ft
  17. Tehama210 ft
  18. Vina210 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.