Klamath County, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Klamath County, Oregon, shaded from 2,770 ft on the southwest side to 9,130 ft on Mount Thielsen
Elevation
9,130 ft 2,780 m7,540 ft 2,295 m6,740 ft 2,055 m5,150 ft 1,570 m3,560 ft 1,085 m2,770 ft 845 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

Klamath County averages about 4,970 ft (1,515 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,770 ft on the southwest side to 9,130 ft on Mount Thielsen.

Average elevation
4,970 ft 1,515 m
all land inside the county
Highest
9,130 ft 2,780 m
on Mount Thielsen
Lowest
2,770 ft 845 m
on the southwest side

Klamath County spans about 6,360 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 land4,970 ft1,515 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Thielsen (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
9,130 ft2,780 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,770 ft845 m

Elevation profile, west to east

72 mi west to east through Klamath Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Klamath County, Oregon, shaded from 2,770 ft on the southwest side to 9,130 ft on Mount Thielsen
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Oregon, United States
Population
70,438 2024 est.
Land area
5,949.9 sq mi + 187.3 sq mi water
Density
12 per sq mi
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform regions
Basin and Range 55%, Cascade-sierra Mountains 32%, Columbia Plateau 13%
Drains to
Pacific Ocean 67%, Tule Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 29%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lake County5,160 ft
  2. Modoc County, CA5,000 ft
  3. Klamath County4,970 ft
  4. Deschutes County4,570 ft
  5. Siskiyou County, CA4,260 ft
  6. Jackson County3,170 ft
  7. Lane County2,160 ft
  8. Douglas County2,130 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Scott8,933 ft
  • Aspen Butte8,215 ft
  • Yamsay Mountain8,180 ft
  • Dutton Ridge8,150 ft
  • Hillman Peak8,100 ft
All 20 towns in Klamath County by typical elevation
  1. Chemult4,760 ft
  2. Crescent Lake4,740 ft
  3. Beaver Marsh4,640 ft
  4. Gilchrist4,510 ft
  5. Crescent4,470 ft
  6. Bly4,370 ft
  7. Sprague River4,350 ft
  8. Beatty4,350 ft
  9. Running Y Ranch4,320 ft
  10. Oregon Shores4,260 ft
  11. Chiloquin4,200 ft
  12. Rocky Point4,190 ft
  13. Klamath Falls4,180 ft
  14. Fort Klamath4,180 ft
  15. Altamont4,140 ft
  16. Falcon Heights4,140 ft
  17. Keno4,130 ft
  18. Bonanza4,120 ft
  19. Merrill4,070 ft
  20. Malin4,060 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,760 ft at 42.0076° N, 122.1860° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.