West Decatur, PA Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,870 ft 570 m1,770 ft 540 m1,720 ft 525 m1,620 ft 495 m1,520 ft 465 m1,470 ft 450 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
West Decatur sits at about 1,620 ft (495 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,620 ft 495 m
most residents: 1,530–1,760 ft
Lowest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,870 ft 570 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,650 ft 500 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
West Decatur spans about 400 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 | 1,620 ft495 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 1,870 ft570 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 1,470 ft450 m |
| Town center USGS map point for West Decatur | 1,520 ft465 m |
| Average of all land | 1,650 ft500 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.4 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States
- Population
- 453 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- Density
- 319 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.9284° N, 78.2781° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Atlantic Ocean
- ZIP codes 1
- 16878
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Wallaceton1,760 ft
- Boggs Township, Clearfield County1,740 ft
- Bigler1,670 ft
- Morrisdale1,630 ft
- West Decatur1,620 ft
- Morris Township1,570 ft
- Decatur Township1,550 ft
- North Philipsburg1,490 ft
- Chester Hill1,480 ft
- Philipsburg1,450 ft
- Hawk Run1,450 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Pennsylvania355th highest of 3,545
- Towns in Clearfield County20th highest of 74
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Brush Mountain2,580 ft
- Loop Mountain2,500 ft
- Rays Hill2,440 ft
- Greenlee Mountain2,420 ft
- The Winehead2,363 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- West Decatur is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.