North Powder, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,300 ft 1,005 m3,290 ft 1,000 m3,280 ft 1,000 m3,260 ft 995 m3,240 ft 990 m3,230 ft 985 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
North Powder sits at about 3,270 ft (1,000 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,270 ft 1,000 m
most residents: 3,260–3,280 ft
Lowest
3,230 ft 985 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,300 ft 1,005 m
on the west side
Average
3,270 ft 995 m
all land inside city limits
North Powder spans about 70 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 | 3,270 ft1,000 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 3,300 ft1,005 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 3,230 ft985 m |
| Town center USGS map point for North Powder | 3,260 ft995 m |
| Average of all land | 3,270 ft995 m |
| Nearest peak Clark Mountain, 8.9 mi northeast of the city limits | 5,530 ft1,685 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.7 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,270 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.9 °F96.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.5 inHg (89.9 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.6% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Union County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 498 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 788 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.0285° N, 117.9199° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Powder River → Snake River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 97867
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Granite4,660 ft
- Sumpter4,450 ft
- Baker City3,440 ft
- Haines3,330 ft
- North Powder3,270 ft
- Cove2,940 ft
- La Grande2,790 ft
- Union2,790 ft
- Island City2,740 ft
- Imbler2,730 ft
- Summerville2,710 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon56th highest of 425
- Towns in Union Countyhighest of 8
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Twin Mountain8,909 ft
- Black Mountain, Baker County6,650 ft
- Johnson Rock5,730 ft
- Clark Mountain5,530 ft
- Craig Mountain5,007 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.