Mitchell, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,810 ft 1,160 m3,540 ft 1,080 m3,400 ft 1,035 m3,120 ft 950 m2,850 ft 870 m2,710 ft 825 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Mitchell sits at about 2,990 ft (910 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,990 ft 910 m
most residents: 2,790–3,020 ft
Lowest
2,710 ft 825 m
on the northwest side
Highest
3,810 ft 1,160 m
at the foot of the Gage Range
Average
3,120 ft 950 m
all land inside city limits
Mitchell spans about 1,100 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,990 ft910 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, at the foot of the Gage Range | 3,810 ft1,160 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 2,710 ft825 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Mitchell | 2,790 ft850 m |
| Average of all land | 3,120 ft950 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Pisgah, 8.0 mi southwest of the city limits (NGS survey) | 6,820 ft2,079 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Wheeler County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 143 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 112 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.5665° N, 120.1533° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- John Day River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 97750
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Prineville Lake Acres3,780 ft
- Juniper Canyon3,690 ft
- Ochoco West3,160 ft
- Mitchell2,990 ft
- Lonerock2,950 ft
- Prineville2,880 ft
- Fossil2,680 ft
- Antelope2,670 ft
- Dayville2,400 ft
- Monument2,010 ft
- Spray1,780 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon66th highest of 425
- Towns in Wheeler Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Lookout Mountain, Crook County6,930 ft
- Mount Pisgah6,820 ft
- Round Mountain, Crook County6,759 ft
- View Point6,250 ft
- Baldy5,900 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).
- 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, 2,700 ft at 44.5707° N, 120.1640° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
- 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.