Cheswick, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the southwest side to 960 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
960 ft 295 m910 ft 275 m880 ft 270 m830 ft 250 m770 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

Cheswick sits at about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
880 ft 270 m
most residents: 760–940 ft
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the southwest side
Highest
960 ft 295 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside borough limits

Cheswick spans about 220 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
880 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
960 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
740 ft225 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cheswick
760 ft235 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cheswick, Pennsylvania, shaded from 740 ft on the southwest side to 960 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,611 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
3,479 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5417° N, 79.7992° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
15024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Penn Hills1,140 ft
  2. East Deer Township970 ft
  3. Springdale Township960 ft
  4. Harmar Township950 ft
  5. Harwick950 ft
  6. New Kensington940 ft
  7. Cheswick880 ft
  8. Arnold840 ft
  9. Springdale840 ft
  10. Verona840 ft
  11. Oakmont820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Rich Hill, Allegheny County1,270 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. All public domain.