North Puyallup, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Puyallup, Washington, shaded from 25 ft on the south side to 110 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
110 ft 30 m86 ft 26 m76 ft 23 m56 ft 17 m35 ft 11 m25 ft 8 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

North Puyallup sits at about 53 ft (16 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
53 ft 16 m
most residents: 49–60 ft
Lowest
25 ft 8 m
on the south side
Highest
110 ft 30 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
55 ft 17 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

North Puyallup spans about 85 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
53 ft16 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
110 ft30 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
25 ft8 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Puyallup
55 ft17 m
Airport (PLU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
538 ft164 m
Average of all land55 ft17 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Puyallup, Washington, shaded from 25 ft on the south side to 110 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 Pierce County, Washington, United States
Population
1,831 2020 Census
Land area
1.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,781 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.2068° N, 122.2823° 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 1
98372
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Hill500 ft
  2. Edgewood360 ft
  3. Fife Heights340 ft
  4. Waller340 ft
  5. Milton280 ft
  6. Puyallup150 ft
  7. Alderton82 ft
  8. Pacific76 ft
  9. Sumner68 ft
  10. North Puyallup53 ft
  11. Fife21 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bearhead Mountain6,093 ft
  • Rattlesnake Mountain, King County3,519 ft
  • Tiger Mountain3,004 ft
  • Taylor Mountain2,610 ft
  • Squak Mountain2,020 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.
  • North Puyallup 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.