Tulelake, CA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,060 ft 1,240 m4,060 ft 1,235 m4,050 ft 1,235 m4,040 ft 1,235 m4,040 ft 1,230 m4,030 ft 1,230 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
Tulelake sits at about 4,040 ft (1,230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,040 ft 1,230 m
most residents: 4,030–4,040 ft
Lowest
4,030 ft 1,230 m
on the southeast side
Highest
4,040 ft 1,230 m
on the southeast side
Average
4,040 ft 1,230 m
all land inside city limits
Tulelake is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 4,040 ft1,230 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 4,040 ft1,230 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 4,030 ft1,230 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Tulelake | 4,040 ft1,230 m |
| Airport (O81) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.6 mi southeast of the city limits | 4,049 ft1,234 m |
| Average of all land | 4,040 ft1,230 m |
Altitude Effects
What 4,040 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.5 °F95.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
86% of sea level
25.8 inHg (87.4 kPa): each breath holds 14% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.1% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Siskiyou County, California, United States
- Population
- 857 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 2,090 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.9560° N, 121.4775° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Tule Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- Airport
- Tulelake Municipal (O81) 4,049 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 96134
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Macdoel4,270 ft
- Dorris4,240 ft
- Klamath Falls, OR4,180 ft
- Altamont, OR4,140 ft
- Falcon Heights, OR4,140 ft
- Keno, OR4,130 ft
- Bonanza, OR4,120 ft
- Merrill, OR4,070 ft
- Malin, OR4,060 ft
- Newell4,050 ft
- Tulelake4,040 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in California165th highest of 1,622
- Towns in Siskiyou County5th highest of 21
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Stukel Mountain6,529 ft
- Mount Dome6,523 ft
- Bryant Mountain6,460 ft
- J F Mountain6,210 ft
- Moyina Hill5,970 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).
- 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.
- 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.