Placerville, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,590 ft 1,400 m4,500 ft 1,370 m4,460 ft 1,360 m4,380 ft 1,335 m4,290 ft 1,310 m4,250 ft 1,295 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
Placerville sits at about 4,350 ft (1,325 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
4,350 ft 1,325 m
few residents
Lowest
4,250 ft 1,295 m
on the south side
Highest
4,590 ft 1,400 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
4,360 ft 1,330 m
all land inside city limits
Placerville spans about 340 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 4,350 ft1,325 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside | 4,590 ft1,400 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 4,250 ft1,295 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Placerville | 4,330 ft1,320 m |
| Average of all land | 4,360 ft1,330 m |
| Nearest peak Hawley Mountain, Boise County, 4.7 mi northwest of the city limits (NGS survey) | 7,304 ft2,226 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,350 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.9 °F95.5 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
85% of sea level
25.5 inHg (86.4 kPa): each breath holds 15% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.9% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+9% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Boise County, Idaho, United States
- Population
- 48 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 48 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.9432° N, 115.9471° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Grimes Creek → Boise River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 83666
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Smiths Ferry4,620 ft
- Placerville4,350 ft
- Lowman4,140 ft
- Robie Creek3,930 ft
- Idaho City3,910 ft
- Banks3,610 ft
- Avimor3,300 ft
- Crouch3,120 ft
- Garden Valley3,080 ft
- Hidden Springs2,910 ft
- Horseshoe Bend2,630 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Idaho90th highest of 234
- Towns in Boise Countyhighest of 8
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pilot Peak8,135 ft
- Sunset Mountain7,873 ft
- Shafer Butte7,595 ft
- Hawley Mountain, Boise County7,304 ft
- Warm Springs Point6,050 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; 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 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.