Chester Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 3 ft on the east side to 160 ft on the west side
Elevation
160 ft 45 m120 ft 35 m98 ft 30 m60 ft 18 m22 ft 7 m3 ft 1 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.
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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

Chester Township sits at about 74 ft (23 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
74 ft 23 m
most residents: 31–93 ft
Lowest
3 ft 1 m
on the east side
Highest
160 ft 45 m
on the west side
Average
82 ft 25 m
all land inside township boundaries

Chester Township spans about 157 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
74 ft23 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
160 ft45 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
3 ft1 m
Airport (PHL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi east of the township boundaries
36 ft11 m
Average of all land82 ft25 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the middle of Chester Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 3 ft on the east side to 160 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
4,080 2024 est.
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
2,857 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.8520° N, 75.3933° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Coastal Plain
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Philadelphia International (PHL) 36 ft
ZIP codes 2
19013 19014
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Aston Township200 ft
  2. Village Green-Green Ridge160 ft
  3. Brookhaven110 ft
  4. Parkside100 ft
  5. Linwood91 ft
  6. Lower Chichester Township88 ft
  7. Chester Township74 ft
  8. Upland65 ft
  9. Chester58 ft
  10. Trainer53 ft
  11. Marcus Hook22 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hunting Hill410 ft
  • Osborne Hill380 ft
  • Georges Hill270 ft
  • Lemon Hill140 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).
  • 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.