Thompson Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 420 ft on the south side to 2,010 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,010 ft 615 m1,620 ft 495 m1,420 ft 430 m1,020 ft 310 m620 ft 190 m420 ft 130 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thompson Township sits at about 700 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
700 ft 210 m
most residents: 520–760 ft
Lowest
420 ft 130 m
on the south side
Highest
2,010 ft 615 m
on the east side
Average
750 ft 230 m
all land inside township boundaries

Thompson Township spans about 1,590 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
700 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
2,010 ft615 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
420 ft130 m
Airport (W35)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.0 mi south of the township boundaries
413 ft126 m
Average of all land750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Thompson Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thompson Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 420 ft on the south side to 2,010 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
1,033 2024 est.
Land area
37.9 sq mi
Density
27 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7611° N, 78.1354° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Potomac Airpark (W35) 413 ft
ZIP codes 3
17212 17236 17238
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Union Township, Fulton County1,010 ft
  2. Belfast Township810 ft
  3. Bethel Township, Fulton County780 ft
  4. Warren Township, Franklin County780 ft
  5. Thompson Township700 ft
  6. Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV640 ft
  7. Needmore620 ft
  8. Warfordsburg570 ft
  9. Hancock, MD510 ft
  10. Pecktonville, MD470 ft
  11. Ernstville, MD420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 420 ft at 39.7235° N, 78.1485° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.