La Center, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Center, Washington, shaded from 11 ft on the west side to 470 ft on the north side
Elevation
470 ft 145 m350 ft 110 m300 ft 90 m180 ft 55 m68 ft 21 m11 ft 3 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
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

La Center sits at about 190 ft (60 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
190 ft 60 m
most residents: 130–350 ft
Lowest
11 ft 3 m
on the west side
Highest
470 ft 145 m
on the north side
Average
220 ft 65 m
all land inside city limits

La Center spans about 459 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
190 ft60 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
470 ft145 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
11 ft3 m
Town center
USGS map point for La Center
94 ft29 m
Average of all land220 ft65 m
Nearest peak
Davis Peak, Cowlitz County, 8.6 mi north of the city limits (NGS survey)
2,957 ft901 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of La Center, Washington, shaded from 11 ft on the west side to 470 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Clark County, Washington, United States
Population
4,256 2024 est.
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
1,604 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.8623° N, 122.6704° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Columbia River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 2
98629 98642
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lewisville400 ft
  2. Battle Ground290 ft
  3. Meadow Glade280 ft
  4. Duluth260 ft
  5. Cherry Grove250 ft
  6. Ridgefield250 ft
  7. Dollars Corner240 ft
  8. La Center190 ft
  9. St. Helens, OR110 ft
  10. Columbia City, OR93 ft
  11. Woodland31 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Silver Star Mountain, Skamania County4,370 ft
  • Lakeview Peak3,880 ft
  • Davis Peak, Cowlitz County2,957 ft
  • Green Mountain, Washington County2,220 ft
  • Green Mountain, Clark County2,060 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.