Rufus, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
660 ft 205 m540 ft 165 m480 ft 145 m350 ft 105 m220 ft 70 m160 ft 50 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
Rufus sits at about 240 ft (75 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
240 ft 75 m
most residents: 210–280 ft
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the north side
Highest
660 ft 200 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
270 ft 85 m
all land inside city limits
Rufus spans about 500 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 | 240 ft75 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside | 660 ft200 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 160 ft50 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Rufus | 210 ft65 m |
| Airport (35S) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.1 mi south of the city limits | 1,503 ft458 m |
| Average of all land | 270 ft85 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Sherman County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 285 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 241 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.6948° N, 120.7359° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- Airport
- Wasco State (35S) 1,503 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 97050
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Moro1,870 ft
- Goldendale, WA1,640 ft
- Centerville, WA1,610 ft
- Wasco1,290 ft
- Klickitat, WA460 ft
- Wishram, WA390 ft
- Biggs Junction360 ft
- Rufus240 ft
- The Dalles240 ft
- Maryhill, WA220 ft
- Dallesport, WA210 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon285th highest of 425
- Towns in Sherman Countylowest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Mount Hood11,250 ft
- Lookout Mountain, Hood River County6,536 ft
- Frog Lake Buttes5,340 ft
- Mount Defiance4,960 ft
- Lost Lake Butte4,460 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).
- 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.