Meadville, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meadville, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,060 ft on the south side to 1,560 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,560 ft 475 m1,440 ft 440 m1,370 ft 420 m1,250 ft 380 m1,130 ft 345 m1,060 ft 325 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Meadville sits at about 1,210 ft (370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,210 ft 370 m
most residents: 1,090–1,430 ft
Lowest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the south side
Highest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,250 ft 380 m
all land inside city limits

Meadville spans about 500 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
1,210 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,560 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,060 ft325 m
Town center
USGS map point for Meadville
1,100 ft335 m
Airport (GKJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi west of the city limits
1,399 ft426 m
Average of all land1,250 ft380 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meadville, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,060 ft on the south side to 1,560 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
12,347 2024 est.
Land area
4.4 sq mi
Density
2,831 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6414° N, 80.1514° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Port Meadville (GKJ) 1,399 ft
ZIP codes 1
16335
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Mead Township1,380 ft
  2. East Mead Township1,360 ft
  3. Kerrtown1,340 ft
  4. Woodcock Township1,320 ft
  5. Vernon Township1,310 ft
  6. Hayfield Township1,280 ft
  7. Blooming Valley1,270 ft
  8. Union Township, Crawford County1,240 ft
  9. Meadville1,210 ft
  10. Saegertown1,120 ft
  11. Fredericksburg, Crawford County1,110 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Round Knob, Crawford County1,620 ft
  • Pine Knoll1,580 ft
  • Mount Pleasant1,510 ft
  • Round Top, Crawford County1,510 ft
  • Conneaut Lake Kame (historical)1,260 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.