Yolo County, CA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yolo County, California, shaded from 2 ft below sea level on the southeast side to 3,110 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
3,110 ft 950 m2,330 ft 710 m1,950 ft 595 m1,170 ft 355 m390 ft 120 m−2 ft −1 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
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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

Yolo County averages about 360 ft (110 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2 ft below sea level on the southeast side to 3,110 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
360 ft 110 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,110 ft 950 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
−2 ft −1 m
on the southeast side

Yolo County spans about 3,112 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 land360 ft110 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
3,110 ft950 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
−2 ft−1 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Davis.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yolo County, California, shaded from 2 ft below sea level on the southeast side to 3,110 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in California, United States
Population
225,251 2024 est.
Land area
1,013.0 sq mi + 8.8 sq mi water
Density
222 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lake County2,410 ft
  2. Napa County960 ft
  3. Colusa County800 ft
  4. Yolo County360 ft
  5. Solano County180 ft
  6. Sacramento County98 ft
  7. Sutter County80 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Berryessa Peak3,062 ft
  • Windy Point, Yolo County2,830 ft
  • Langs Peak2,730 ft
  • Glascock Mountain2,540 ft
  • Canterbury Mountain2,470 ft
All 17 towns in Yolo County by typical elevation
  1. Rumsey510 ft
  2. Guinda370 ft
  3. Brooks350 ft
  4. Tancred300 ft
  5. Esparto200 ft
  6. Madison150 ft
  7. Winters140 ft
  8. Monument Hills120 ft
  9. Dunnigan88 ft
  10. Yolo74 ft
  11. Woodland60 ft
  12. University of California-Davis52 ft
  13. Davis44 ft
  14. Knights Landing33 ft
  15. El Macero30 ft
  16. West Sacramento16 ft
  17. Clarksburg11 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −3 ft at 38.3293° N, 121.6132° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.