Willow Creek, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Willow Creek, California, shaded from 370 ft on the north side to 4,004 ft on Brannan Mountain
Elevation
4,000 ft 1,220 m3,100 ft 945 m2,640 ft 805 m1,730 ft 530 m820 ft 250 m370 ft 110 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Willow Creek sits at about 590 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
590 ft 180 m
most residents: 440–1,130 ft
Lowest
370 ft 110 m
on the north side
Highest
4,004 ft 1,220 m
on Brannan Mountain
Average
1,670 ft 510 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Willow Creek spans about 3,630 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
590 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Brannan Mountain
4,004 ft1,220 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
370 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Willow Creek
590 ft180 m
Average of all land1,670 ft510 m
Nearest peak
Spike Buck Mountain, 6.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
5,480 ft1,670 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Willow Creek, California, shaded from 370 ft on the north side to 4,004 ft on Brannan Mountain
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
1,720 2020 Census
Land area
30.3 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
57 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9396° N, 123.6314° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Trinity River → Klamath River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
95573
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Burnt Ranch2,100 ft
  2. Hyampom1,550 ft
  3. Weitchpec1,030 ft
  4. Salyer870 ft
  5. Trinity Village800 ft
  6. Willow Creek590 ft
  7. Hoopa400 ft
  8. Fieldbrook210 ft
  9. McKinleyville130 ft
  10. Blue Lake110 ft
  11. Arcata40 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spike Buck Mountain5,480 ft
  • Ironside Mountain5,280 ft
  • Sims Mountain4,470 ft
  • Buck Buttes4,280 ft
  • Sugar Pine Mountain3,910 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • Willow Creek 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. All public domain.