Altoona, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Altoona, Washington, shaded from 5 ft on the east side to 1,130 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m850 ft 260 m710 ft 215 m430 ft 130 m150 ft 45 m5 ft 2 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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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.
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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

Altoona sits at about 470 ft (145 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
470 ft 145 m
few residents
Lowest
5 ft 2 m
on the east side
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Altoona spans about 1,125 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.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
470 ft145 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
5 ft2 m
Town center
USGS map point for Altoona
37 ft11 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Altoona, Washington, shaded from 5 ft on the east side to 1,130 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Wahkiakum County, Washington, United States
Population
56 2020 Census
Land area
5.1 sq mi + 3.2 sq mi water
Density
11 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.2668° N, 123.6563° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
98643
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Altoona470 ft
  2. Astoria, OR150 ft
  3. Knappa, OR140 ft
  4. Svensen, OR120 ft
  5. Deep River120 ft
  6. Skamokawa Valley80 ft
  7. River Point, OR55 ft
  8. Rosburg53 ft
  9. Naselle35 ft
  10. Grays River35 ft
  11. Jeffers Gardens, OR7 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Saddle Mountain, Clatsop County3,270 ft
  • Nicolai Mountain3,010 ft
  • Elk Mountain, Clatsop County2,780 ft
  • Abernathy Mountain2,600 ft
  • Humbug Mountain, Clatsop County2,440 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 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.
  • Altoona 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.