Wharton Township, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wharton Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,520 ft on the northeast side to 2,780 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,780 ft 845 m2,460 ft 750 m2,300 ft 700 m1,990 ft 605 m1,670 ft 510 m1,520 ft 460 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.
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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

Wharton Township sits at about 1,970 ft (600 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,970 ft 600 m
most residents: 1,810–2,110 ft
Lowest
1,520 ft 460 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,780 ft 845 m
on the west side
Average
1,970 ft 600 m
all land inside township boundaries

Wharton Township spans about 1,260 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
1,970 ft600 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
2,780 ft845 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,520 ft460 m
Average of all land1,970 ft600 m

Elevation profile, west to east

10 mi west to east through the middle of Wharton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wharton Township, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,520 ft on the northeast side to 2,780 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,338 2024 est.
Land area
91.8 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
36 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.8079° N, 79.5742° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Youghiogheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 5
15421 15437 15440 15470 15478
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Henry Clay Township2,230 ft
  2. Markleysburg2,000 ft
  3. Chalkhill2,000 ft
  4. Deer Lake, Fayette County1,980 ft
  5. Wharton Township1,970 ft
  6. Stewart Township1,950 ft
  7. Farmington1,850 ft
  8. Ohiopyle1,240 ft
  9. East Uniontown1,160 ft
  10. Hopwood1,140 ft
  11. Lemont Furnace1,120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 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. All public domain.