Curry County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
5,300 ft 1,615 m3,980 ft 1,210 m3,310 ft 1,010 m1,990 ft 605 m660 ft 200 m0 ft 0 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
Curry County averages about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from sea level on the Pacific Ocean to 5,302 ft on Brandy Peak.
Average elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
all land inside the county
Highest
5,302 ft 1,616 m
on Brandy Peak
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on the Pacific Ocean
Curry County spans about 5,300 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 | 1,640 ft500 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Brandy Peak (NGS survey height) | 5,302 ft1,616 m |
| Lowest point Where the land meets the Pacific Ocean | 0 ft0 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
28 mi west to east through Brookings.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Oregon, United States
- Population
- 22,774 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,628.4 sq mi + 360.8 sq mi water
- Density
- 14 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Josephine County2,430 ft
- Del Norte County, CA2,150 ft
- Douglas County2,130 ft
- Curry County1,640 ft
- Coos County960 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Oregon25th highest of 36
- Counties in the United States766th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Brandy Peak5,302 ft
- Pearsoll Peak5,108 ft
- Big Craggies4,600 ft
- Iron Mountain4,070 ft
- Hanging Rock3,950 ft
All 8 towns in Curry County by typical elevation
- Brookings180 ft
- Pistol River170 ft
- Harbor120 ft
- Wedderburn96 ft
- Nesika Beach94 ft
- Langlois89 ft
- Gold Beach76 ft
- Port Orford43 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.