Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, NV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,180 ft 2,495 m7,080 ft 2,155 m6,520 ft 1,990 m5,420 ft 1,650 m4,320 ft 1,315 m3,770 ft 1,150 m
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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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official reservation boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation averages about 4,580 ft (1,395 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,770 ft on the northeast side to 8,180 ft on Tohakum Peak.
Average elevation
4,580 ft 1,395 m
all land inside the reservation
Highest
8,180 ft 2,495 m
on Tohakum Peak
Lowest
3,770 ft 1,150 m
on the northeast side
Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation spans about 4,410 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 4,580 ft1,395 m |
| Highest point Inside the reservation, on Tohakum Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 8,180 ft2,495 m |
| Lowest point Inside the reservation, on the northeast side | 3,770 ft1,150 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
9.4 mi south to north through Wadsworth.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Reservation in Nevada, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Population
- 1,933 2020 Census
- Land area
- 555.5 sq mi + 174.0 sq mi water
- Density
- 3.5 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Basin and Range
- Drains to
- Pyramid Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 67%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 25%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average
- Reno-Sparks Indian Colony5,190 ft
- Carson Colony4,890 ft
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation4,580 ft
- Lovelock Indian Colony3,980 ft
- Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Colony3,970 ft
- Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Reservation3,910 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Tribal lands in Nevada17th highest of 27
- Tribal lands in the United States68th highest of 704
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Tohakum Peak8,180 ft
- Kits Peak6,330 ft
- Wildcat Peak, Washoe County5,850 ft
- Black Mountain, Washoe County5,490 ft
- Jackass Peak5,070 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census reservation boundary (TIGER/Line AIANNH, 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Name: the Census Bureau's legal or statistical area name, as published; the nation's own name may differ.
- Population: 2020 Census residents of the blocks inside the boundary.
- Nearby Places: nearest tribal lands 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 reservation 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 reservation.
- 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); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.