Shaniko, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,360 ft 1,025 m3,300 ft 1,005 m3,270 ft 1,000 m3,220 ft 980 m3,160 ft 960 m3,130 ft 955 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
Shaniko sits at about 3,330 ft (1,015 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
3,330 ft 1,015 m
few residents
Lowest
3,130 ft 955 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,360 ft 1,025 m
on the northwest side
Average
3,320 ft 1,015 m
all land inside city limits
Shaniko spans about 230 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 3,330 ft1,015 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 3,360 ft1,025 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 3,130 ft955 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Shaniko | 3,340 ft1,020 m |
| Average of all land | 3,320 ft1,015 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,330 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.8 °F96.6 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.5 inHg (89.7 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.5% 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 Wasco County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 33 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 66 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.0037° N, 120.7523° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau
- Drains to
- John Day River → Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 97057
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Shaniko3,330 ft
- Fossil2,680 ft
- Antelope2,670 ft
- Madras2,310 ft
- Grass Valley2,270 ft
- Pine Grove2,200 ft
- Pine Hollow1,890 ft
- Wamic1,770 ft
- Warm Springs1,720 ft
- Tygh Valley1,350 ft
- Maupin1,070 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon55th highest of 425
- Towns in Wasco Countyhighest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- View Point6,250 ft
- Grizzly Mountain, Crook County5,630 ft
- Snow Board Ridge5,160 ft
- Gray Butte5,107 ft
- Eagle Butte3,178 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.