Ruch, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,310 ft 1,010 m2,830 ft 860 m2,590 ft 790 m2,110 ft 645 m1,630 ft 500 m1,390 ft 425 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ruch sits at about 1,580 ft (480 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,580 ft 480 m
most residents: 1,450–2,030 ft
Lowest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the west side
Highest
3,310 ft 1,010 m
on Squires Peak
Average
1,850 ft 565 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Ruch spans about 1,920 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 | 1,580 ft480 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on Squires Peak | 3,310 ft1,010 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 1,390 ft425 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ruch | 1,550 ft475 m |
| Airport (MFR) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northeast of the CDP boundary | 1,335 ft407 m |
| Average of all land | 1,850 ft565 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Baldy, 3.0 mi southwest of the CDP boundary | 4,980 ft1,515 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Jackson County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 819 2020 Census
- Land area
- 6.7 sq mi
- Density
- 122 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.2365° N, 123.0423° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- Applegate River → Rogue River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Rogue Valley Intl/medford (MFR) 1,335 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 97530
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Talent1,630 ft
- Ruch1,580 ft
- Jacksonville1,560 ft
- Williams1,530 ft
- Phoenix1,520 ft
- Foots Creek1,470 ft
- Medford1,410 ft
- White City1,350 ft
- Central Point1,270 ft
- Gold Hill1,090 ft
- Rogue River1,020 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon122nd highest of 425
- Towns in Jackson County5th highest of 17
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Anderson Butte5,180 ft
- Humpy Mountain5,060 ft
- Mount Baldy4,980 ft
- Mount Isabelle4,490 ft
- Timber Mountain4,420 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.
- Ruch 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. All public domain.