South Plainfield, NJ Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Plainfield, New Jersey, shaded from 53 ft on the west side to 170 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
170 ft 50 m140 ft 45 m130 ft 40 m97 ft 30 m68 ft 21 m53 ft 16 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
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.
Borough area
Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

South Plainfield sits at about 79 ft (24 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
79 ft 24 m
most residents: 67–100 ft
Lowest
53 ft 16 m
on the west side
Highest
170 ft 50 m
on the northeast side
Average
81 ft 25 m
all land inside borough limits

South Plainfield spans about 117 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
79 ft24 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northeast side
170 ft50 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
53 ft16 m
Town center
USGS map point for South Plainfield
69 ft21 m
Airport (EWR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi northeast of the borough limits
18 ft5 m
Average of all land81 ft25 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of South Plainfield, New Jersey, shaded from 53 ft on the west side to 170 ft on the northeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Borough in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Population
25,062 2024 est.
Land area
8.3 sq mi
Density
3,021 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5793° N, 74.4115° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Newark Liberty International (EWR) 18 ft
ZIP codes 1
07080
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fanwood160 ft
  2. Green Brook Township160 ft
  3. Rutgers University-Livingston Campus120 ft
  4. Metuchen100 ft
  5. Edison Township100 ft
  6. North Plainfield99 ft
  7. Plainfield96 ft
  8. South Plainfield79 ft
  9. Piscataway Township76 ft
  10. Dunellen55 ft
  11. Middlesex46 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Kemble720 ft
  • Blachleys Hill690 ft
  • Nook Hill550 ft
  • Tenmile Run Mountain320 ft
  • Bunker Hill190 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the borough 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 borough 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, 52 ft at 40.5818° N, 74.4387° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.