Elk Plain, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk Plain, Washington, shaded from 410 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
540 ft 165 m510 ft 155 m490 ft 150 m460 ft 140 m430 ft 130 m410 ft 125 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.
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

Elk Plain sits at about 470 ft (145 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
470 ft 145 m
most residents: 440–500 ft
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the southeast side
Highest
540 ft 165 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
470 ft 145 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Elk Plain spans about 130 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
470 ft145 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
540 ft165 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
410 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Elk Plain
430 ft130 m
Airport (PLU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
538 ft164 m
Average of all land470 ft145 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk Plain, Washington, shaded from 410 ft on the southeast side to 540 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Population
14,534 2020 Census
Land area
8.4 sq mi
Density
1,734 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.0532° N, 122.3976° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Airport
Pierce County/Thun Field (PLU) 538 ft
ZIP codes 2
98338 98387
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Graham560 ft
  2. South Creek500 ft
  3. Elk Plain470 ft
  4. Summit View460 ft
  5. Frederickson450 ft
  6. Summit430 ft
  7. Clover Creek420 ft
  8. Spanaway380 ft
  9. Roy340 ft
  10. Parkland320 ft
  11. McChord AFB270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Rainier14,410 ft
  • Bearhead Mountain6,093 ft
  • Mount Wow6,030 ft
  • Griffin Mountain5,240 ft
  • Storm King Mountain, Lewis County4,740 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 400 ft at 47.0476° N, 122.3876° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Elk Plain 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.