Elgin, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elgin, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,360 ft on the southwest side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,480 ft 450 m1,460 ft 445 m1,420 ft 435 m1,380 ft 420 m1,360 ft 415 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

Elgin sits at about 1,390 ft (425 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,390 ft 425 m
most residents: 1,380–1,490 ft
Lowest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,420 ft 435 m
all land inside borough limits

Elgin spans about 170 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
1,390 ft425 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northwest side
1,530 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
1,360 ft415 m
Town center
USGS map point for Elgin
1,390 ft425 m
Airport (8G2)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi east of the borough limits
1,766 ft538 m
Average of all land1,420 ft435 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elgin, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,360 ft on the southwest side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
199 2024 est.
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
135 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9031° N, 79.7437° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Corry-Lawrence (8G2) 1,766 ft
ZIP codes 1
16407
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Concord Township, Erie County1,610 ft
  2. Sparta Township1,580 ft
  3. Wayne Township, Erie County1,530 ft
  4. Spartansburg1,470 ft
  5. Corry1,440 ft
  6. Union Township, Erie County1,440 ft
  7. Amity Township, Erie County1,420 ft
  8. Canadohta Lake1,410 ft
  9. Elgin1,390 ft
  10. Union City1,300 ft
  11. Wattsburg1,290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Turner Hill1,840 ft
  • Eastman Hill1,810 ft
  • Dowd Hill1,730 ft
  • Dutch Hill, Crawford County1,570 ft
  • Oak Hill, Erie County1,420 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.