University Place, WA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of University Place, Washington, shaded from sea level level on Puget Sound to 430 ft on the south side
Elevation
430 ft 130 m320 ft 100 m270 ft 85 m160 ft 50 m54 ft 17 m0 ft 0 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

University Place sits at about 310 ft (95 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
310 ft 95 m
most residents: 220–400 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Puget Sound
Highest
430 ft 130 m
on the south side
Average
260 ft 80 m
all land inside city limits

University Place spans about 430 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
310 ft95 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
430 ft130 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Puget Sound
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for University Place
200 ft60 m
Airport (TIW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.7 mi northwest of the city limits
295 ft90 m
Average of all land260 ft80 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of University Place, Washington, shaded from sea level level on Puget Sound to 430 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Pierce County, Washington, United States
Population
35,160 2024 est.
Land area
8.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
4,216 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.2357° N, 122.5504° W
Time zone
Pacific UTC−8 / −7
Landform region
Pacific Border
Drains to
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Airport
Tacoma Narrows (TIW) 295 ft
ZIP codes 2
98466 98467
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Tacoma340 ft
  2. University Place310 ft
  3. Fircrest300 ft
  4. Lakewood260 ft
  5. Gig Harbor260 ft
  6. Artondale240 ft
  7. Wollochet240 ft
  8. Steilacoom230 ft
  9. Fox Island180 ft
  10. Ketron Island140 ft
  11. Ruston130 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tiger Mountain3,004 ft
  • Capitol Peak, Thurston County2,671 ft
  • Dow Mountain2,520 ft
  • Squak Mountain2,020 ft
  • Gold Mountain, Kitsap County1,760 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −4 ft at 47.2388° N, 122.5604° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • 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.