Wellsville, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wellsville, Pennsylvania, shaded from 480 ft on the west side to 560 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
560 ft 170 m540 ft 165 m530 ft 160 m510 ft 155 m490 ft 150 m480 ft 145 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

Wellsville sits at about 500 ft (155 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
500 ft 155 m
most residents: 500–550 ft
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the west side
Highest
560 ft 170 m
on the northeast side
Average
500 ft 155 m
all land inside borough limits

Wellsville spans about 80 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
500 ft155 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the northeast side
560 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
480 ft145 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wellsville
520 ft160 m
Airport (MDT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi northeast of the borough limits
310 ft94 m
Average of all land500 ft155 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wellsville, Pennsylvania, shaded from 480 ft on the west side to 560 ft on the northeast side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
306 2024 est.
Land area
0.1 sq mi
Density
2,125 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0515° N, 76.9366° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Harrisburg International (MDT) 310 ft
ZIP codes 1
17365
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Franklintown700 ft
  2. Monaghan Township590 ft
  3. Dillsburg590 ft
  4. Carroll Township570 ft
  5. Warrington Township, York County560 ft
  6. Lake Meade530 ft
  7. Mount Royal510 ft
  8. Wellsville500 ft
  9. Washington Township, York County480 ft
  10. Dover Township470 ft
  11. Dover460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Quirauk Mountain2,140 ft
  • Blair Hill, York County1,130 ft
  • Straight Hill610 ft
  • Pickett Hill570 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.