Melrose, OR Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Melrose, Oregon, shaded from 360 ft on the north side to 1,200 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,200 ft 365 m990 ft 300 m890 ft 270 m680 ft 205 m470 ft 145 m370 ft 110 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Melrose sits at about 520 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
520 ft 160 m
most residents: 420–570 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the north side
Highest
1,200 ft 365 m
on the southeast side
Average
570 ft 175 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Melrose spans about 840 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
520 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,200 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
360 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Melrose
420 ft130 m
Airport (RBG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.3 mi east of the CDP boundary
533 ft162 m
Average of all land570 ft175 m
Nearest peak
Tyee Mountain, 8.8 mi north of the CDP boundary
2,620 ft800 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Melrose, Oregon, shaded from 360 ft on the north side to 1,200 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Douglas County, Oregon, United States
Population
834 2020 Census
Land area
4.3 sq mi
Density
192 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.2476° N, 123.4590° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Umpqua River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Roseburg Regional (RBG) 533 ft
ZIP codes 1
97471
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lookingglass700 ft
  2. Myrtle Creek650 ft
  3. Fair Oaks620 ft
  4. Winston550 ft
  5. Sutherlin530 ft
  6. Melrose520 ft
  7. Green520 ft
  8. Dillard520 ft
  9. Roseburg510 ft
  10. Roseburg North510 ft
  11. Oakland500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Nickel Mountain3,510 ft
  • Lane Mountain3,469 ft
  • Tyee Mountain2,620 ft
  • Yellow Butte2,457 ft
  • Burg Mountain2,170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Melrose is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.