Watsontown, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watsontown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 590 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
590 ft 180 m550 ft 170 m530 ft 165 m500 ft 150 m460 ft 140 m440 ft 135 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Watsontown sits at about 480 ft (145 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
480 ft 145 m
most residents: 480–520 ft
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the southeast side
Highest
590 ft 180 m
on the northeast side
Average
490 ft 150 m
all land inside borough limits

Watsontown spans about 150 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
480 ft145 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northeast side
590 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the southeast side
440 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Watsontown
480 ft145 m
Average of all land490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watsontown, Pennsylvania, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 590 ft on the northeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Borough in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
2,206 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
3,111 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.0845° N, 76.8639° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
17777
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. White Deer Township610 ft
  2. Gregg Township610 ft
  3. Turbotville580 ft
  4. Turbot Township550 ft
  5. West Milton540 ft
  6. Delaware Township, Northumberland County530 ft
  7. McEwensville510 ft
  8. New Columbia510 ft
  9. Dewart510 ft
  10. Allenwood490 ft
  11. Watsontown480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Huckleberry Mountain2,580 ft
  • Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
  • The Winehead2,363 ft
  • Miller Mountain2,200 ft
  • Catharines Crown2,047 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.