Rice Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,030 ft on the southwest side to 1,830 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,830 ft 560 m1,630 ft 495 m1,530 ft 465 m1,330 ft 405 m1,130 ft 345 m1,030 ft 315 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
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

Rice Township 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: 1,110–1,340 ft
Lowest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,830 ft 560 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside township boundaries

Rice Township spans about 800 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 township boundaries, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,830 ft560 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,030 ft315 m
Average of all land1,260 ft385 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.5 mi south to north through the middle of Rice Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,030 ft on the southwest side to 1,830 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,795 2024 est.
Land area
11.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
346 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1494° N, 75.9336° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
18707
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fairview Township, Luzerne County1,510 ft
  2. Mountain Top1,410 ft
  3. Wright Township1,380 ft
  4. Rice Township1,210 ft
  5. Nuangola1,180 ft
  6. Dorrance Township1,100 ft
  7. Sugar Notch710 ft
  8. Sheatown670 ft
  9. Warrior Run660 ft
  10. Ashley640 ft
  11. Hanover Township620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • North Knob2,692 ft
  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Haystack Mountain1,860 ft
  • Penobscot Mountain1,800 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.