Gates, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gates, Oregon, shaded from 850 ft on the west side to 1,150 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,150 ft 350 m1,080 ft 330 m1,040 ft 315 m970 ft 295 m890 ft 270 m850 ft 260 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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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

Gates sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
most residents: 930–1,050 ft
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the west side
Highest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
960 ft 290 m
all land inside city limits

Gates spans about 300 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
930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,150 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
850 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Gates
940 ft285 m
Average of all land960 ft290 m
Nearest peak
Monument Peak, 6.2 mi southeast of the city limits
4,650 ft1,420 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gates, Oregon, shaded from 850 ft on the west side to 1,150 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Marion and Linn counties, Oregon, United States
Population
487 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
754 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.7562° N, 122.4167° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
North Santiam River → Willamette River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
97346
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Idanha1,760 ft
  2. Detroit1,660 ft
  3. Gates930 ft
  4. Mill City850 ft
  5. Lacomb690 ft
  6. Lyons650 ft
  7. Mehama610 ft
  8. Sublimity540 ft
  9. Stayton450 ft
  10. Aumsville360 ft
  11. Scio310 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bachelor Mountain5,957 ft
  • Schreiner Peak5,720 ft
  • Galena Mountain4,980 ft
  • Monument Peak4,650 ft
  • Snow Peak4,300 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.