11 of the lowest-lying towns in Oregon
Every town on this list is in one of the counties along Oregon's Pacific coast.
These are eleven of the lowest-lying cities and towns in Oregon, all close enough in elevation that ranking them would claim more precision than the data supports. Listed alphabetically.
Lowest-lying towns in Oregon
Unranked · A–Z| Town ↓ A–Z | County | Elevation (approx., ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Astoria | Clatsop County | 23 ft |
| Bandon | Coos County | 13 ft |
| Coos Bay | Coos County | 14 ft |
| Depoe Bay | Lincoln County | 6 ft |
| Dunes City | Lane County | 22 ft |
| Nehalem | Tillamook County | 11 ft |
| Rockaway Beach | Tillamook County | 23 ft |
| Seaside | Clatsop County | 18 ft |
| Toledo | Lincoln County | 16 ft |
| Waldport | Lincoln County | 11 ft |
| Warrenton | Clatsop County | 9 ft |
Why this list isn't ranked
These elevations are approximate and shown to the nearest foot; several of these towns differ by only a few feet, which is inside the tolerance of the measurement itself at the waterline. Ordering them would assert a precision the data doesn't have, so they're listed alphabetically instead. All eleven are genuinely among Oregon's lowest-lying cities and towns — that claim holds regardless of which one measures lowest on a given release.
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Lowest towns in other states
Same franchise, state by state.
Methodology & sources
About this list. Incorporated cities and towns are municipalities recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau; census-designated places, townships, and unincorporated communities are not included. Elevation figures come from the U.S. Geological Survey's 3D Elevation Program. Each elevation is approximate. A town does not have one single elevation — different sources choose different points to represent it, so the figure depends on which point is measured, and ours can differ from the figure other sources publish. The elevation column in our downloadable City lists gives these same figures to one decimal place. Where a candidate town's figures don't hold together well enough to stand behind, it's left out rather than the list padded — so some states run to fewer than ten.