Columbia County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,410 ft 735 m1,920 ft 585 m1,670 ft 510 m1,180 ft 360 m690 ft 210 m440 ft 135 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Columbia County averages about 990 ft (300 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 440 ft on the southwest side to 2,410 ft on the north side.
Average elevation
990 ft 300 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,410 ft 735 m
on the north side
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the southwest side
Columbia County spans about 1,970 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 | 990 ft300 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the north side | 2,410 ft735 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side | 440 ft135 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
18 mi west to east through Bloomsburg.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 66,012 2024 est.
- Land area
- 483.3 sq mi + 7.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 137 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform regions
- Valley and Ridge 80%, Appalachian Plateaus 20%
- Drains to
- Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Sullivan County1,790 ft
- Lycoming County1,310 ft
- Luzerne County1,270 ft
- Schuylkill County1,060 ft
- Columbia County990 ft
- Northumberland County790 ft
- Montour County710 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Pennsylvania46th highest of 66
- Counties in the United States1,418th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Central Mountain2,250 ft
- Catawissa Mountain1,940 ft
- Big Mountain, Columbia County1,820 ft
- Knob Mountain, Columbia County1,770 ft
- Lee Mountain1,710 ft
All 58 towns in Columbia County by typical elevation
- Aristes1,740 ft
- Wilburton Number Two1,730 ft
- Conyngham Township, Columbia County1,550 ft
- Wilburton Number One1,510 ft
- Centralia1,510 ft
- Fairmount Township partly1,250 ft
- Waller1,230 ft
- Jackson Township, Columbia County1,220 ft
- Elk Grove partly1,200 ft
- Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County1,170 ft
- Pine Township, Columbia County1,130 ft
- Roaring Creek Township1,110 ft
- Locustdale1,050 ft
- Jamison City1,030 ft
- Benton Township, Columbia County1,020 ft
- Cleveland Township1,000 ft
- Numidia1,000 ft
- Locust Township990 ft
- Beaver Township, Columbia County970 ft
- Fishing Creek Township900 ft
- Orange Township860 ft
- Mount Pleasant Township, Columbia County850 ft
- Franklin Township, Columbia County830 ft
- Madison Township, Columbia County820 ft
- Slabtown820 ft
- Catawissa Township810 ft
- Main Township790 ft
- Briar Creek Township780 ft
- North Centre Township770 ft
- Benton760 ft
- Greenwood Township740 ft
- Jonestown, Columbia County710 ft
- Stillwater700 ft
- Foundryville670 ft
- Lightstreet670 ft
- Millville660 ft
- Iola660 ft
- Hemlock Township650 ft
- Buckhorn650 ft
- Jerseytown650 ft
- Rohrsburg640 ft
- Fernville620 ft
- Montour Township610 ft
- Orangeville600 ft
- Eyers Grove590 ft
- Mainville580 ft
- Scott Township, Columbia County550 ft
- Berwick540 ft
- Mifflin Township540 ft
- Catawissa530 ft
- Bloomsburg530 ft
- Mifflinville510 ft
- South Centre Township510 ft
- Lime Ridge500 ft
- Briar Creek490 ft
- Almedia490 ft
- Rupert490 ft
- Espy490 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.