Columbia City, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia City, Oregon, shaded from 12 ft on the north side to 360 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
360 ft 110 m270 ft 85 m230 ft 70 m140 ft 45 m55 ft 17 m11 ft 4 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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

Columbia City sits at about 93 ft (28 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
93 ft 28 m
most residents: 70–200 ft
Lowest
12 ft 4 m
on the north side
Highest
360 ft 110 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
110 ft 30 m
all land inside city limits

Columbia City spans about 348 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
93 ft28 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
360 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
12 ft4 m
Town center
USGS map point for Columbia City
47 ft14 m
Airport (SPB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.1 mi south of the city limits
58 ft18 m
Average of all land110 ft30 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia City, Oregon, shaded from 12 ft on the north side to 360 ft on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Columbia County, Oregon, United States
Population
1,949 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2,483 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.8901° N, 122.8070° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Scappoose (SPB) 58 ft
ZIP codes 1
97018
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Duluth, WA260 ft
  2. Ridgefield, WA250 ft
  3. Kalama, WA210 ft
  4. La Center, WA190 ft
  5. Warren140 ft
  6. St. Helens110 ft
  7. Columbia City93 ft
  8. Scappoose58 ft
  9. Prescott37 ft
  10. Woodland, WA31 ft
  11. Deer Island21 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rogers Peak3,700 ft
  • Nicolai Mountain3,010 ft
  • Elk Mountain, Clatsop County2,780 ft
  • Green Mountain, Washington County2,220 ft
  • Bald Peak1,640 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).
  • 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).
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.