South Prairie, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Prairie, Washington, shaded from 410 ft on the southwest side to 620 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
620 ft 190 m570 ft 175 m540 ft 165 m490 ft 150 m440 ft 135 m410 ft 125 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.
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

South Prairie sits at about 430 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
430 ft 130 m
most residents: 420–480 ft
Lowest
410 ft 125 m
on the southwest side
Highest
620 ft 190 m
on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
460 ft 140 m
all land inside town limits

South Prairie spans about 210 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
430 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
620 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
410 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Prairie
430 ft130 m
Airport (PLU)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.0 mi west of the town limits
538 ft164 m
Average of all land460 ft140 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Prairie, Washington, shaded from 410 ft on the southwest side to 620 ft on the southeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Population
367 2024 est.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
958 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.1393° N, 122.0982° 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
98385
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carbonado1,190 ft
  2. Wilkeson800 ft
  3. Buckley730 ft
  4. Tehaleh720 ft
  5. Crocker710 ft
  6. Prairie Heights660 ft
  7. Prairie Ridge640 ft
  8. Bonney Lake590 ft
  9. South Prairie430 ft
  10. Orting180 ft
  11. McMillin140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Rainier14,410 ft
  • Bearhead Mountain6,093 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 town 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 town 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.