Vernonia, OR Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
880 ft 265 m800 ft 245 m770 ft 235 m690 ft 210 m620 ft 190 m580 ft 180 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
Vernonia sits at about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
630 ft 190 m
most residents: 610–720 ft
Lowest
580 ft 180 m
on the northeast side
Highest
880 ft 265 m
on the northwest side
Average
650 ft 195 m
all land inside city limits
Vernonia spans about 300 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 | 630 ft190 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 880 ft265 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 580 ft180 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Vernonia | 620 ft190 m |
| Average of all land | 650 ft195 m |
| Nearest peak Green Mountain, Washington County, 7.7 mi south of the city limits | 2,220 ft675 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Columbia County, Oregon, United States
- Population
- 2,428 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,514 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 45.8587° N, 123.1929° W
- Time zone
- Pacific UTC−8 / −7
- Landform region
- Pacific Border
- Drains to
- Nehalem River → Pacific Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 97064
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Vernonia630 ft
- Kalama, WA210 ft
- Banks210 ft
- Rainier140 ft
- Warren140 ft
- St. Helens110 ft
- Columbia City93 ft
- Clatskanie89 ft
- Scappoose58 ft
- Prescott37 ft
- Deer Island21 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Oregon188th highest of 425
- Towns in Columbia Countyhighest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Rogers Peak3,700 ft
- Saddle Mountain, Clatsop County3,270 ft
- Nicolai Mountain3,010 ft
- Elk Mountain, Clatsop County2,780 ft
- Green Mountain, Washington County2,220 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.