Scott Township, Lackawanna County, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,070 ft 630 m1,820 ft 555 m1,690 ft 515 m1,430 ft 435 m1,180 ft 360 m1,050 ft 320 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
- Township area
- Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Scott Township, Lackawanna County sits at about 1,550 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,550 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,290–1,650 ft
Lowest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the west side
Highest
2,070 ft 630 m
on Cary Mountain
Average
1,500 ft 455 m
all land inside township boundaries
Scott Township, Lackawanna County spans about 1,020 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 | 1,550 ft470 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on Cary Mountain | 2,070 ft630 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the west side | 1,050 ft320 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Scott Township, Lackawanna County | 1,130 ft345 m |
| Average of all land | 1,500 ft455 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
7.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 4,690 2024 est.
- Land area
- 27.2 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
- Density
- 172 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.5695° N, 75.6321° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Valley and Ridge
- Drains to
- Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 4
- 18411 18414 18433 18447
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Greenfield Township, Lackawanna County1,610 ft
- Scott Township, Lackawanna County1,550 ft
- Clifford Township1,410 ft
- Waverly Township1,290 ft
- Waverly1,270 ft
- North Abington Township1,260 ft
- Benton Township1,220 ft
- Glenburn Township1,180 ft
- Glenburn1,160 ft
- Mayfield990 ft
- Jermyn970 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania443rd highest of 3,545
- Towns in Lackawanna County14th highest of 47
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- North Knob2,692 ft
- Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
- Miller Mountain2,200 ft
- Bell Mountain2,040 ft
- Bushkos Hill1,370 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.