Butler County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,590 ft 485 m1,380 ft 420 m1,280 ft 390 m1,070 ft 325 m860 ft 260 m750 ft 230 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Butler County averages about 1,250 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 750 ft on the southeast side to 1,590 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation

1,250 ft 380 m

all land inside the county

Highest

1,590 ft 485 m

on the northeast side

Lowest

750 ft 230 m

on the southeast side

Butler County spans about 840 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	1,250 ft380 m
Highest point Inside the county, on the northeast side	1,590 ft485 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side	750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

26 mi south to north through Cranberry Township.

Topographic Map

Location: County in Pennsylvania, United States
Population: 199,341 2024 est.
Land area: 789.5 sq mi + 6.2 sq mi water
Density: 252 per sq mi
Time zone: Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region: Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to: Gulf of America

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Clarion County1,420 ft
Venango County1,400 ft
Westmoreland County1,330 ft
Butler County1,250 ft
Armstrong County1,220 ft
Mercer County1,210 ft
Lawrence County1,100 ft
Beaver County1,070 ft
Allegheny County1,060 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in Pennsylvania32nd highest of 66
Counties in the United States1,050th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Eakin Knob1,570 ft
Columbia Hill, Butler County1,490 ft

All 71 towns in Butler County by typical elevation

Eau Claire1,520 ft
North Washington1,450 ft
Washington Township, Butler County1,420 ft
Venango Township, Butler County1,420 ft
Allegheny Township, Butler County1,410 ft
Cherry Valley1,400 ft
West Sunbury1,390 ft
Borough of Fairview1,380 ft
Fairview Township, Butler County1,360 ft
Unionville1,360 ft
Slippery Rock1,350 ft
Clay Township, Butler County1,350 ft
Donegal Township, Butler County1,340 ft
Marion Township, Butler County1,330 ft
Prospect1,330 ft
Parker Township1,330 ft
Portersville1,320 ft
Mercer Township1,320 ft
Slippery Rock University1,320 ft
Concord Township, Butler County1,320 ft
Franklin Township, Butler County1,320 ft
Harrisville1,310 ft
Winfield Township1,310 ft
Cherry Township, Butler County1,300 ft
Brady Township, Butler County1,300 ft
Forestville, Butler County1,300 ft
Clearfield Township1,290 ft
West Liberty1,280 ft
Saxonburg1,280 ft
Meridian1,280 ft
Summit Township, Butler County1,280 ft
Meadowood1,270 ft
Center Township, Butler County1,270 ft
Oakland Township1,270 ft
Muddy Creek Township1,270 ft
Connoquenessing1,270 ft
Shanor-Northvue1,260 ft
Lake Arthur Estates1,260 ft
Slippery Rock Township1,260 ft
Butler Township1,250 ft
Connoquenessing Township1,250 ft
Jefferson Township1,250 ft
Homeacre-Lyndora1,240 ft
Chicora1,240 ft
Oak Hills1,240 ft
Karns City1,230 ft
Petrolia1,230 ft
Penn Township, Butler County1,220 ft
Clinton Township, Butler County1,220 ft
Nixon1,220 ft
Worth Township1,210 ft
Boyers1,210 ft
Middlesex Township, Butler County1,190 ft
Lancaster Township, Butler County1,190 ft
Buffalo Township1,160 ft
Fenelton1,160 ft
Valencia1,150 ft
Forward Township1,140 ft
Adams Township1,130 ft
Bruin1,120 ft
Seven Fields1,120 ft
Jackson Township, Butler County1,110 ft
East Butler1,110 ft
Cranberry Township1,110 ft
Mars1,060 ft
Butler1,050 ft
Renfrew1,000 ft
Callery990 ft
Evans City980 ft
Harmony970 ft
Zelienople960 ft

How we measure

Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.