Jefferson, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
790 ft 240 m740 ft 225 m720 ft 220 m670 ft 205 m620 ft 190 m600 ft 180 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.
- Borough area
- Fades everything outside the official borough limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Jefferson sits at about 710 ft (215 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
710 ft 215 m
most residents: 650–740 ft
Lowest
600 ft 180 m
on the west side
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on the south side
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside borough limits
Jefferson spans about 190 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 | 710 ft215 m |
| Highest point Inside borough limits, on the south side | 790 ft240 m |
| Lowest point Inside borough limits, on the west side | 600 ft180 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Jefferson | 650 ft200 m |
| Airport (THV) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.7 mi north of the borough limits | 495 ft151 m |
| Average of all land | 690 ft210 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.7 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 655 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,081 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.8173° N, 76.8416° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Piedmont
- Drains to
- Codorus Creek → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- Airport
- York (THV) 495 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 17311 17362
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Manheim Township, York County810 ft
- Codorus Township780 ft
- Jefferson710 ft
- Glen Rock680 ft
- Parkville660 ft
- North Codorus Township610 ft
- Heidelberg Township, York County610 ft
- New Salem570 ft
- Jackson Township, York County520 ft
- Spring Grove500 ft
- Seven Valleys490 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania2,333rd highest of 3,545
- Towns in York County20th highest of 91
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Big Mountain2,460 ft
- Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
- Beecher Hill1,090 ft
- Huntrick Hill1,030 ft
- Saubel Hill960 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.