Harney County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harney County, Oregon, shaded from 3,390 ft on the northeast side to 9,730 ft on Steens Mountain
Elevation
9,730 ft 2,965 m8,140 ft 2,480 m7,350 ft 2,240 m5,760 ft 1,755 m4,180 ft 1,275 m3,390 ft 1,030 m
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Harney County averages about 4,860 ft (1,480 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,390 ft on the northeast side to 9,730 ft on Steens Mountain.

Average elevation
4,860 ft 1,480 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,730 ft 2,965 m
on Steens Mountain
Lowest
3,390 ft 1,030 m
on the northeast side

Harney County spans about 6,340 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,860 ft1,480 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Steens Mountain (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
9,730 ft2,965 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
3,390 ft1,030 m

Elevation profile, south to north

136 mi south to north through Burns.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harney County, Oregon, shaded from 3,390 ft on the northeast side to 9,730 ft on Steens Mountain
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Oregon, United States
Population
7,402 2024 est.
Land area
10,134.5 sq mi + 93.2 sq mi water
Density
0.7 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Columbia Plateau 57%, Basin and Range 43%
Drains to
Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 46%, Malheur Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 21%, Harney Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 13%, Pacific Ocean 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Washoe County, NV5,400 ft
  2. Lake County5,160 ft
  3. Humboldt County, NV5,090 ft
  4. Harney County4,860 ft
  5. Grant County4,700 ft
  6. Deschutes County4,570 ft
  7. Crook County4,350 ft
  8. Malheur County4,310 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pueblo Mountain8,639 ft
  • Beatys Butte7,922 ft
  • Hawks Mountain7,244 ft
  • The Peaks6,960 ft
  • Lone Mountain6,900 ft
All 3 towns in Harney County by typical elevation
  1. Hines4,180 ft
  2. Burns4,160 ft
  3. Crane4,140 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 3 arc-second (≈300 ft, 93 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.