Named places of Oregon and Washington, from the federal register

Punchbowl

Punchbowl is a basin in Clackamas County, Oregon, recorded in the federal Geographic Names Information System as feature 1134675. It sits at 379.1 metres above sea level.

Federal profile, 2026

Everything below is the federal record for this place, with each value's source named.

NamePunchbowl
GNIS feature ID1134675
Kind of placeBasin
StateOregon
CountyClackamas
Latitude45.07457
Longitude-122.5087
USGS topographic mapWilhoit
First recorded11/01/1991
Elevationcalculated379.1 mUSGS EPQS point lookup at the primary coordinate
Elevation (feet)calculated1244 ftelevation_m * 3.28084

Other basins

Every basin covered here

Other places in Clackamas County

Questions

Where is Punchbowl?

In Clackamas County, Oregon, at 45.07457, -122.5087. The USGS records it on the Wilhoit topographic map.

How high is Punchbowl?

379.1 metres (1244 feet), read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate.

What kind of place is Punchbowl?

The U.S. Geological Survey classifies it as a basin in the Geographic Names Information System.

Where does this information come from?

The Geographic Names Information System, published by the U.S. Geological Survey, with elevation from the USGS 3D Elevation Program. Both are works of the United States government and are not subject to copyright in the United States.

Method and sources

The name, class, county and coordinates come from the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System, the federal register of place names. Elevation is read from the USGS 3D Elevation Program at the recorded coordinate. Values shown as calculated are arithmetic over those fields and are not separate measurements. Nothing on this page describes what the place is like to visit: no one writing it has been there, and the federal record does not say.

  • USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), Domestic Names, 2026
  • USGS 3DEP Elevation Point Query Service