THE HOP BOTTOM LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Delaware-Neversink Highlands setting.
Hop Bottom borough has 0.61 square miles of land in Susquehanna County. Its Census reference point is in Delaware-Neversink Highlands, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Hop Bottom and Susquehanna County
Hop Bottom is associated with Susquehanna County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Hop Bottom by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Hop Bottom, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 1% recorded for Susquehanna County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Hop Bottom borough has 3% of the land area of nearby Lathrop township (20.4 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

