Wautec, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wautec, California, shaded from 56 ft on the west side to 2,180 ft at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
Elevation
2,180 ft 665 m1,650 ft 505 m1,390 ft 425 m850 ft 260 m320 ft 100 m56 ft 17 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Wautec sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
820 ft 250 m
few residents
Lowest
56 ft 17 m
on the west side
Highest
2,180 ft 665 m
at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
Average
890 ft 270 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Wautec spans about 2,124 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
2,180 ft665 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
56 ft17 m
Average of all land890 ft270 m
Nearest peak
Blue Creek Mountain, 5.0 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
4,910 ft1,495 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the middle of Wautec.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wautec, California, shaded from 56 ft on the west side to 2,180 ft at the foot of the Shelton Buttes
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Humboldt County, California, United States
Population
48 2020 Census
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
21 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.3534° N, 123.8607° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95546
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Weitchpec1,030 ft
  2. Wautec820 ft
  3. Kep'el760 ft
  4. Hoopa400 ft
  5. Westhaven-Moonstone340 ft
  6. Klamath210 ft
  7. Fieldbrook210 ft
  8. Trinidad160 ft
  9. McKinleyville130 ft
  10. Big Lagoon54 ft
  11. Orick37 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Creek Mountain4,910 ft
  • Slate Creek Butte4,840 ft
  • Burrill Peak4,352 ft
  • Red Mountain, Del Norte County4,266 ft
  • Bunch Grass Ridge3,990 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).
  • 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.
  • Wautec 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.