North Yelm, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Yelm, Washington, shaded from 110 ft on the northwest side to 350 ft on the south side
Elevation
350 ft 110 m290 ft 90 m260 ft 80 m200 ft 60 m140 ft 45 m110 ft 35 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
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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 Yelm sits at about 300 ft (90 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
300 ft 90 m
most residents: 280–330 ft
Lowest
110 ft 35 m
on the northwest side
Highest
350 ft 110 m
on the south side
Average
280 ft 85 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

North Yelm spans about 240 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
300 ft90 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
350 ft110 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
110 ft35 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Yelm
300 ft90 m
Average of all land280 ft85 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Yelm, Washington, shaded from 110 ft on the northwest side to 350 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Thurston County, Washington, United States
Population
3,140 2020 Census
Land area
3.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
950 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.9632° N, 122.6029° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
ZIP codes 1
98597
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Creek500 ft
  2. Rainier470 ft
  3. Yelm350 ft
  4. Roy340 ft
  5. McKenna310 ft
  6. North Yelm300 ft
  7. Fort Lewis280 ft
  8. North Fort Lewis250 ft
  9. DuPont240 ft
  10. Nisqually Indian Community240 ft
  11. Tanglewilde200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Wow6,030 ft
  • Griffin Mountain5,240 ft
  • Storm King Mountain, Lewis County4,740 ft
  • Cottlers Rock2,780 ft
  • Capitol Peak, Thurston County2,671 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 Yelm 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.