Donaldson, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m980 ft 295 m950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m810 ft 245 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Donaldson 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: 850–950 ft
Lowest
810 ft 245 m
on the east side
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
at the foot of the Little Mountain
Average
900 ft 275 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Donaldson 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 880 ft270 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, at the foot of the Little Mountain | 1,030 ft315 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 810 ft245 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Donaldson | 930 ft285 m |
| Airport (ZER) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.8 mi north of the CDP boundary | 1,730 ft527 m |
| Average of all land | 900 ft275 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 377 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,995 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.6359° N, 76.4119° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Swatara Creek → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (ZER) 1,730 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 17981
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Tremont Township960 ft
- Reilly Township960 ft
- Newtown, Schuylkill County960 ft
- Barry Township930 ft
- Frailey Township890 ft
- Donaldson880 ft
- Branchdale830 ft
- Hegins820 ft
- Hegins Township800 ft
- Tremont790 ft
- Ravine580 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania1,974th highest of 3,545
- Towns in Schuylkill County54th highest of 110
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- The Winehead2,363 ft
- Little Mountain, Schuylkill County1,590 ft
- Panther Head1,550 ft
- Red Mountain1,140 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.
- Donaldson 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.