Jay Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jay Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,060 ft on the east side to 2,310 ft on Red Hill
Elevation
2,310 ft 705 m1,990 ft 610 m1,840 ft 560 m1,530 ft 465 m1,220 ft 370 m1,060 ft 325 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Jay Township sits at about 1,320 ft (400 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,320 ft 400 m
most residents: 1,170–1,940 ft
Lowest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the east side
Highest
2,310 ft 705 m
on Red Hill
Average
1,680 ft 510 m
all land inside township boundaries

Jay Township spans about 1,250 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
1,320 ft400 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Red Hill
2,310 ft705 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,060 ft325 m
Airport (OYM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.0 mi north of the township boundaries
1,934 ft589 m
Average of all land1,680 ft510 m

Elevation profile, south to north

11 mi south to north through the middle of Jay Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jay Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,060 ft on the east side to 2,310 ft on Red Hill
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,893 2024 est.
Land area
67.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
28 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2883° N, 78.5018° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
St Marys Municipal (OYM) 1,934 ft
ZIP codes 4
15827 15841 15846 15868
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kersey1,940 ft
  2. Fox Township1,940 ft
  3. St. Marys1,750 ft
  4. Horton Township1,610 ft
  5. Huston Township, Clearfield County1,540 ft
  6. Benezette Township1,500 ft
  7. Jay Township1,320 ft
  8. Weedville1,280 ft
  9. Force1,260 ft
  10. Byrnedale1,250 ft
  11. Penfield1,240 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Brush Mountain2,580 ft
  • Loop Mountain2,500 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Gray Hill1,820 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.