Forksville, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,970 ft 600 m1,720 ft 525 m1,590 ft 485 m1,350 ft 410 m1,100 ft 335 m970 ft 295 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- Borough area
- Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Forksville sits at about 1,090 ft (335 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,090 ft 335 m
most residents: 1,010–1,640 ft
Lowest
970 ft 295 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,970 ft 600 m
on the east side
Average
1,280 ft 390 m
all land inside borough limits
Forksville spans about 1,000 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 | 1,090 ft335 m |
| Highest point Inside borough limits, on the east side | 1,970 ft600 m |
| Lowest point Inside borough limits, on the northwest side | 970 ft295 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Forksville | 1,020 ft310 m |
| Average of all land | 1,280 ft390 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Borough in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 112 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 71 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.4870° N, 76.6022° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Loyalsock Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 18616
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Laporte Township1,920 ft
- Laporte1,910 ft
- Eagles Mere1,910 ft
- Overton Township1,750 ft
- Shrewsbury Township, Sullivan County1,730 ft
- Fox Township, Sullivan County1,670 ft
- Forks Township, Sullivan County1,650 ft
- Elkland Township1,620 ft
- Hillsgrove Township1,450 ft
- Davidson Township1,250 ft
- Forksville1,090 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania1,432nd highest of 3,545
- Towns in Sullivan Countylowest of 15
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Knob2,692 ft
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- The Winehead2,363 ft
- Miller Mountain2,200 ft
- Connecticut Hill2,100 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.