Oso, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oso, Washington, shaded from 170 ft near the middle to 1,180 ft at the foot of the Cultus Mountains
Elevation
1,180 ft 360 m930 ft 280 m800 ft 245 m550 ft 170 m300 ft 90 m170 ft 55 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

Oso sits at about 260 ft (80 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
260 ft 80 m
most residents: 190–530 ft
Lowest
170 ft 55 m
near the middle
Highest
1,180 ft 360 m
at the foot of the Cultus Mountains
Average
430 ft 130 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Oso spans about 1,010 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
260 ft80 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Cultus Mountains
1,180 ft360 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
170 ft55 m
Town center
USGS map point for Oso
190 ft55 m
Average of all land430 ft130 m
Nearest peak
Wheeler Mountain, 2.0 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
3,610 ft1,100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oso, Washington, shaded from 170 ft near the middle to 1,180 ft at the foot of the Cultus Mountains
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Snohomish County, Washington, United States
Population
172 2020 Census
Land area
2.8 sq mi
Density
61 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.2707° N, 121.9296° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Cascade-sierra Mountains
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
ZIP codes 1
98223
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Cavanaugh1,020 ft
  2. Verlot990 ft
  3. Canyon Creek460 ft
  4. Swede Heaven450 ft
  5. Lake McMurray430 ft
  6. Sisco Heights420 ft
  7. Granite Falls410 ft
  8. Arlington Heights310 ft
  9. Oso260 ft
  10. Arlington160 ft
  11. Bryant150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Ditney4,450 ft
  • Wheeler Mountain3,610 ft
  • Blue Mountain, Snohomish County3,030 ft
  • Stimson Hill2,880 ft
  • Ebey Hill1,830 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.
  • Oso 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. All public domain.