Chemult, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,970 ft 1,515 m4,910 ft 1,495 m4,890 ft 1,490 m4,830 ft 1,475 m4,780 ft 1,455 m4,750 ft 1,450 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Chemult sits at about 4,760 ft (1,450 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
4,760 ft 1,450 m
most residents: 4,760–4,790 ft
Lowest
4,750 ft 1,450 m
on the south side
Highest
4,970 ft 1,515 m
on the west side
Average
4,790 ft 1,460 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Chemult spans about 220 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 | 4,760 ft1,450 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 4,970 ft1,515 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 4,750 ft1,450 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Chemult | 4,760 ft1,450 m |
| Average of all land | 4,790 ft1,460 m |
| Nearest peak Walker Mountain, Klamath County, 6.6 mi northeast of the CDP boundary (NGS survey) | 7,089 ft2,161 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 4,760 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
203.2 °F95.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
84% of sea level
25.1 inHg (85.1 kPa): each breath holds 16% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
17.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+10% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Klamath County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 79 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 306 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.2165° N, 121.7828° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Williamson River → Klamath River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 97731
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Chemult4,760 ft
- Crescent Lake4,740 ft
- Beaver Marsh4,640 ft
- Gilchrist4,510 ft
- Crescent4,470 ft
- Silver Lake4,350 ft
- Oregon Shores4,260 ft
- La Pine4,230 ft
- Chiloquin4,200 ft
- Fort Klamath4,180 ft
- Three Rivers4,180 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon3rd highest of 425
- Towns in Klamath Countyhighest of 20
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Thielsen9,130 ft
- Miller Mountain7,510 ft
- Burn Butte7,479 ft
- Walker Mountain, Klamath County7,089 ft
- Sugarpine Mountain6,400 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Chemult is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.