Editing Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
[[File:ThesisJimThorpeWiki.png|thumb|Jim Thorpe lies in the shadow of Mount Pisgah at the end of [[Pisgah Mountain]] (Pisgah Ridge), upriver of the [[Lehigh Gap]] between [[Bear Mountain (Pennsylvania)|Bear Mountain]] on the east/left bank and the valley of Mauch Chunk Creek on the right bank]]
Jim Thorpe is located near the center of [[Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Carbon County]] at {{Coord|40|52|23|N|75|44|11|W|type:city}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

In the deeps of the [[geologic timescale]] the two shorelines of the [[Lehigh River]] occupied by the 19th-century towns of Mauch Chunk and [[East Mauch Chunk]] were situated on the bottom of an ancient river-fed [[Tarn (lake)|tarn]], a mountain lake which filled the valley on the west bank and covered the relative flatlands on the east bank. The muddy bottom of that high tarn (the range then rivaling the Himalayas in size), where the waters pooled at a lower elevation amongst the twisted folds of four near-parallel ridgelines, created a level region whose settlements became the relatively flat lands on either bank of the Lehigh. The ridgelines, which run east-northeast to west-southwest, are (from north to south) Broad, Nesquehoning, Pisgah, and Mauch Chunk ridges (or Mountains)—each of which runs over {{convert|15|mi|km|1}} west to the gaps cut by the [[Schuylkill River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Jim Thorpe has a total area of {{convert|38.6|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|37.8|km2|order=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.8|km2|order=flip|1}}, or 2.15%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4238200| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jim Thorpe borough, Pennsylvania| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=April 2, 2015| archive-url=https://archive.today/20150409122752/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US4238200| archive-date=April 9, 2015| url-status=dead}}</ref> Jim Thorpe is {{convert|3|mi|0}} north and upstream of [[Lehighton, Pennsylvania|Lehighton]], below the Lehigh Gap which sunders Bear Mountain on the east bank from the extended ridge of [[Mauch Chunk Mountain]].

The town is {{convert|4|mi|0}} east of [[Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania|Nesquehoning]], which is up a steep grade and around the bend along [[U.S. Route 209|U.S. 209]] South, and also butting up against the slopes of [[Mount Pisgah, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Mount Pisgah]]. This was a key element in the LC&N's planning, for the grade from the mountain ridge down to the river enabled them to fill barges quickly, using chutes and an elevated entry from a road down the ridge face. Jim Thorpe's developed elevations range between the river slack water at {{convert|540|ft}} above sea level—{{convert|720|ft|m|1}} to the town's upper streets, all below the western peak of Mount Pisgah, which tops out at {{convert|1519|ft|m|1}} above sea level.<ref name="GNIS1">{{Cite web |url= {{GNIS3|1178082}} |title= Jim Thorpe (populated place) |work= [[Geographic Names Information System]] |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |access-date= May 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="GNIS2">{{Cite web |url= {{GNIS3|1215045}} |title= Borough of Jim Thorpe (civil) |work= Geographic Names Information System |publisher= United States Geological Survey |access-date= August 19, 2007}}</ref>

The elevation of the Borough of Jim Thorpe ranges from {{convert|540|ft}} at Broadway and Hazard Square downtown to {{convert|1700|ft}} above sea level {{convert|3|mi|0}} northeast of the borough center near the [[Penn Forest Township, Pennsylvania|Penn Forest Township]] line. It has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'') and average downtown monthly temperatures range from 26.5&nbsp;°F in January to 71.2&nbsp;°F in July. [https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State U] The local [[hardiness zone]] is 6a.