Fords Prairie, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fords Prairie, Washington, shaded from 140 ft on the northwest side to 190 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
190 ft 60 m180 ft 55 m170 ft 50 m160 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m140 ft 40 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

Fords Prairie sits at about 170 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
170 ft 50 m
most residents: 160–180 ft
Lowest
140 ft 40 m
on the northwest side
Highest
190 ft 60 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Fords Prairie spans about 50 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
170 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
190 ft60 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
140 ft40 m
Airport (CLS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.8 mi south of the CDP boundary
177 ft54 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fords Prairie, Washington, shaded from 140 ft on the northwest side to 190 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lewis County, Washington, United States
Population
2,234 2020 Census
Land area
3.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
599 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.7417° N, 122.9965° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Chehalis River → Pacific Ocean
Airport
Chehalis-centralia (CLS) 177 ft
ZIP codes 1
98531
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Onalaska500 ft
  2. Napavine450 ft
  3. Winlock390 ft
  4. Tenino290 ft
  5. Bucoda250 ft
  6. Chehalis210 ft
  7. Centralia180 ft
  8. Grand Mound170 ft
  9. Fords Prairie170 ft
  10. Rochester160 ft
  11. Oakville87 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cottlers Rock2,780 ft
  • Capitol Peak, Thurston County2,671 ft
  • Abernathy Mountain2,600 ft
  • Walville Peak2,427 ft
  • Blue Mountain, Grays Harbor County1,780 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).
  • 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.
  • Fords Prairie 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.