Prospect, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prospect, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,080 ft on the southwest side to 1,380 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,310 ft 400 m1,270 ft 385 m1,190 ft 365 m1,110 ft 340 m1,080 ft 330 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.
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

Prospect sits at about 1,330 ft (405 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,330 ft 405 m
most residents: 1,290–1,370 ft
Lowest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
near the middle
Average
1,290 ft 395 m
all land inside borough limits

Prospect spans about 300 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
1,330 ft405 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, near the middle
1,380 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southwest side
1,080 ft330 m
Town center
USGS map point for Prospect
1,370 ft415 m
Airport (PJC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.5 mi southwest of the borough limits
907 ft276 m
Average of all land1,290 ft395 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prospect, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,080 ft on the southwest side to 1,380 ft near the middle
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,082 2024 est.
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
265 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9045° N, 80.0464° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Zelienople Municipal (PJC) 907 ft
ZIP codes 1
16052
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Unionville1,360 ft
  2. Prospect1,330 ft
  3. Portersville1,320 ft
  4. Franklin Township, Butler County1,320 ft
  5. Meridian1,280 ft
  6. Center Township, Butler County1,270 ft
  7. Muddy Creek Township1,270 ft
  8. Connoquenessing1,270 ft
  9. Lake Arthur Estates1,260 ft
  10. Connoquenessing Township1,250 ft
  11. Lancaster Township, Butler County1,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Knob, Beaver County1,380 ft
  • Fletcher Hill1,330 ft
  • Fridays Hill1,260 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.