Edison Township, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edison Township, New Jersey, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 220 ft on the east side
Elevation
220 ft 70 m170 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m84 ft 26 m28 ft 9 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Edison Township sits at about 100 ft (30 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
100 ft 30 m
most residents: 71–130 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side
Highest
220 ft 70 m
on the east side
Average
86 ft 26 m
all land inside township boundaries

Edison Township spans about 220 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
100 ft30 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
220 ft70 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Edison Township
92 ft28 m
Average of all land86 ft26 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Edison Township, New Jersey, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 220 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
110,002 2024 est.
Land area
30.1 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
3,657 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5187° N, 74.4121° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 3
08817 08820 08837
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Voorhees120 ft
  2. Rutgers University-Livingston Campus120 ft
  3. Metuchen100 ft
  4. Rutgers University-Busch Campus100 ft
  5. Edison Township100 ft
  6. Somerset88 ft
  7. East Franklin85 ft
  8. South Plainfield79 ft
  9. Piscataway Township76 ft
  10. Highland Park73 ft
  11. New Brunswick73 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Nook Hill550 ft
  • Crawford Hill370 ft
  • Beacon Hill370 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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 40.4751° N, 74.3665° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.