Pierce, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,430 ft 1,045 m3,340 ft 1,020 m3,290 ft 1,005 m3,200 ft 975 m3,100 ft 945 m3,060 ft 930 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Pierce sits at about 3,240 ft (990 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,240 ft 990 m
most residents: 3,070–3,370 ft
Lowest
3,060 ft 930 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,430 ft 1,045 m
on the north side
Average
3,200 ft 975 m
all land inside city limits
Pierce spans about 370 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,240 ft990 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 3,430 ft1,045 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 3,060 ft930 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Pierce | 3,090 ft940 m |
| Average of all land | 3,200 ft975 m |
| Nearest peak Bald Mountain, Clearwater County, 6.6 mi northwest of the city limits (NGS survey) | 5,057 ft1,541 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,240 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.0 °F96.7 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.6 inHg (90.0 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Clearwater County, Idaho, United States
- Population
- 520 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.8 sq mi
- Density
- 630 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.4910° N, 115.7990° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Northern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Clearwater River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 83546
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Idaho129th highest of 234
- Towns in Clearwater Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Rocky Ridge6,544 ft
- Elk Mountain, Clearwater County5,800 ft
- Bertha Hill5,523 ft
- Bald Mountain, Clearwater County5,057 ft
- Little Green Mountain4,745 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- 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, 3,050 ft at 46.4935° N, 115.8054° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.