Benton, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the south side to 920 ft at the foot of the Muncy Hills
Elevation
920 ft 280 m880 ft 270 m860 ft 260 m810 ft 245 m760 ft 235 m740 ft 225 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Benton sits at about 760 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 235 m
most residents: 760–770 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the south side
Highest
920 ft 280 m
at the foot of the Muncy Hills
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside borough limits

Benton spans about 180 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
760 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, at the foot of the Muncy Hills
920 ft280 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the south side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Benton
760 ft235 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the south side to 920 ft at the foot of the Muncy Hills
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
824 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
1,380 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1951° N, 76.3836° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
17814
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Waller1,230 ft
  2. Jackson Township, Columbia County1,220 ft
  3. Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County1,170 ft
  4. Benton Township, Columbia County1,020 ft
  5. New Columbus910 ft
  6. Fishing Creek Township900 ft
  7. Benton760 ft
  8. Greenwood Township740 ft
  9. Jonestown, Columbia County710 ft
  10. Stillwater700 ft
  11. Rohrsburg640 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • O'Brien Hill1,150 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).
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.