Blanchard, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
940 ft 285 m850 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m710 ft 215 m620 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Blanchard sits at about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
640 ft 195 m
most residents: 600–910 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the southeast side
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the west edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
660 ft 200 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Blanchard spans about 360 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 640 ft195 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west edge, below higher ground just outside | 940 ft285 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 580 ft175 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Blanchard | 650 ft200 m |
| Average of all land | 660 ft200 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 597 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 418 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.0642° N, 77.5978° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 16841
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Jacksonville, Centre County930 ft
- Nittany900 ft
- Porter Township, Clinton County830 ft
- Lamar820 ft
- Clintondale790 ft
- Eagleville, Centre County780 ft
- Liberty Township, Centre County760 ft
- Howard680 ft
- Beech Creek Township660 ft
- Blanchard640 ft
- Beech Creek610 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania2,493rd highest of 3,545
- Towns in Centre Countylowest of 78
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Brush Mountain2,580 ft
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- Loop Mountain2,500 ft
- Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
- The Winehead2,363 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Blanchard is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.