Windber, PA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Windber, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,660 ft on the west side to 2,000 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,000 ft 610 m1,910 ft 585 m1,870 ft 570 m1,790 ft 545 m1,700 ft 520 m1,660 ft 505 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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

Windber sits at about 1,740 ft (530 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,740 ft 530 m
most residents: 1,680–1,830 ft
Lowest
1,660 ft 505 m
on the west side
Highest
2,000 ft 610 m
on the east side
Average
1,790 ft 545 m
all land inside borough limits

Windber spans about 340 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
1,740 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside borough limits, on the east side
2,000 ft610 m
Lowest point
Inside borough limits, on the west side
1,660 ft505 m
Town center
USGS map point for Windber
1,770 ft540 m
Airport (JST)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi north of the borough limits
2,284 ft696 m
Average of all land1,790 ft545 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Windber, Pennsylvania, shaded from 1,660 ft on the west side to 2,000 ft on the east side
Borough limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States
Population
3,807 2024 est.
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
1,934 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.2398° N, 78.8350° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Conemaugh River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County (JST) 2,284 ft
ZIP codes 1
15963
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. University of Pittsburgh Johnstown2,160 ft
  2. Paint Township2,030 ft
  3. Richland Township, Cambria County1,980 ft
  4. Geistown1,850 ft
  5. Belmont1,770 ft
  6. Scalp Level1,760 ft
  7. Windber1,740 ft
  8. Paint1,690 ft
  9. Stonycreek Township1,670 ft
  10. Benson1,600 ft
  11. Lorain1,480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Martin Hill2,770 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • Brush Mountain2,580 ft
  • Loop Mountain2,500 ft
  • Rays Hill2,440 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.