Chinchilla, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chinchilla, Pennsylvania, shaded from 990 ft on the southeast side to 1,950 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,950 ft 595 m1,710 ft 520 m1,590 ft 485 m1,350 ft 410 m1,110 ft 335 m990 ft 300 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chinchilla sits at about 1,360 ft (415 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,360 ft 415 m
most residents: 1,210–1,540 ft
Lowest
990 ft 300 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,950 ft 595 m
on the east side
Average
1,380 ft 420 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Chinchilla spans about 960 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
1,360 ft415 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,950 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
990 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chinchilla
1,160 ft355 m
Airport (AVP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.1 mi south of the CDP boundary
962 ft293 m
Average of all land1,380 ft420 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chinchilla, Pennsylvania, shaded from 990 ft on the southeast side to 1,950 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,959 2020 Census
Land area
2.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
782 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4751° N, 75.6771° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Lackawanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International (AVP) 962 ft
ZIP codes 1
18411
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Abington Township1,390 ft
  2. Clarks Green1,380 ft
  3. Chinchilla1,360 ft
  4. Clarks Summit1,340 ft
  5. Waverly Township1,290 ft
  6. Waverly1,270 ft
  7. Glenburn Township1,180 ft
  8. Glenburn1,160 ft
  9. Throop850 ft
  10. Olyphant850 ft
  11. Dickson City780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Bell Mountain2,040 ft
  • Carpenter Hill1,620 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.
  • Chinchilla 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.