Forest City, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest City, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,440 ft on the southeast side to 1,850 ft at the foot of the Moosic Mountains
Elevation
1,850 ft 565 m1,750 ft 535 m1,700 ft 515 m1,590 ft 485 m1,490 ft 455 m1,440 ft 440 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

Forest City sits at about 1,650 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,650 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,530–1,690 ft
Lowest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,850 ft 565 m
at the foot of the Moosic Mountains
Average
1,630 ft 495 m
all land inside borough limits

Forest City spans about 410 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
1,650 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, at the foot of the Moosic Mountains
1,850 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
1,440 ft440 m
Town center
USGS map point for Forest City
1,580 ft480 m
Average of all land1,630 ft495 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest City, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,440 ft on the southeast side to 1,850 ft at the foot of the Moosic Mountains
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,748 2024 est.
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,910 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6515° N, 75.4666° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Lackawanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
18421
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Union Dale1,680 ft
  2. Forest City1,650 ft
  3. Mount Pleasant Township, Wayne County1,630 ft
  4. Greenfield Township, Lackawanna County1,610 ft
  5. Vandling1,590 ft
  6. Browndale1,530 ft
  7. Clinton Township, Wayne County1,470 ft
  8. Waymart1,430 ft
  9. Fell Township1,310 ft
  10. Simpson1,200 ft
  11. Carbondale1,140 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Slide Mountain4,180 ft
  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Mount Don Bosco2,290 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.