Clearwater County, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,910 ft 2,410 m6,170 ft 1,880 m5,290 ft 1,615 m3,550 ft 1,085 m1,810 ft 550 m940 ft 285 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Clearwater County averages about 3,910 ft (1,190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 940 ft on the west side to 7,910 ft on Rhodes Peak.
Average elevation
3,910 ft 1,190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,910 ft 2,410 m
on Rhodes Peak
Lowest
940 ft 285 m
on the west side
Clearwater County spans about 6,970 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 | 3,910 ft1,190 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Rhodes Peak (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 7,910 ft2,410 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the west side | 940 ft285 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
37 mi west to east through Orofino.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Idaho, United States
- Population
- 9,151 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,453.4 sq mi + 30.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 3.7 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains 94%
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Idaho County5,120 ft
- Missoula County, MT4,960 ft
- Mineral County, MT4,690 ft
- Shoshone County4,260 ft
- Clearwater County3,910 ft
- Lewis County3,440 ft
- Latah County2,950 ft
- Nez Perce County2,590 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Idaho32nd highest of 44
- Counties in the United States269th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Rhodes Peak7,910 ft
- Pot Mountain7,120 ft
- Black Mountain7,082 ft
- Lookout Peak6,882 ft
- Cold Springs Peak6,730 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; 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, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- 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.