Rochester, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rochester, Washington, shaded from 100 ft on the northwest side to 260 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
260 ft 80 m220 ft 70 m200 ft 60 m160 ft 50 m120 ft 40 m100 ft 30 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

Rochester sits at about 160 ft (50 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
160 ft 50 m
most residents: 140–180 ft
Lowest
100 ft 30 m
on the northwest side
Highest
260 ft 80 m
on the southeast side
Average
160 ft 50 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Rochester spans about 160 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
160 ft50 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
260 ft80 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
100 ft30 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rochester
140 ft45 m
Average of all land160 ft50 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rochester, Washington, shaded from 100 ft on the northwest side to 260 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Thurston County, Washington, United States
Population
6,064 2020 Census
Land area
8.5 sq mi
Density
717 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.8218° N, 123.0963° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Chehalis River → Pacific Ocean
ZIP codes 1
98579
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tenino290 ft
  2. Porter280 ft
  3. Bucoda250 ft
  4. Chehalis210 ft
  5. Tumwater190 ft
  6. Centralia180 ft
  7. Grand Mound170 ft
  8. Fords Prairie170 ft
  9. Rochester160 ft
  10. Malone140 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.
  • Rochester 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.