Editing Scalp Level, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Scalp Level is located on the southern border of Cambria County at {{coord|40|15|4|N|78|50|23|W|type:city}} (40.250976, -78.839813).<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> It is bordered to the south by the boroughs of [[Paint, Pennsylvania|Paint]] and [[Windber, Pennsylvania|Windber]] in [[Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Somerset County]]. It is in the valley of Paint Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the [[Stonycreek River]], which flows north to form the [[Conemaugh River]] in the center of [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]], {{convert|7|mi|0}} northwest of Scalp Level.

[[U.S. Route 219 in Pennsylvania|U.S. Route 219]], a four-lane expressway, passes {{convert|2|mi|0}} northwest of Scalp Level, leading southwest {{convert|24|mi}} to [[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]] and northeast {{convert|19|mi}} to [[Ebensburg, Pennsylvania|Ebensburg]], the Cambria County seat. [[Pennsylvania Route 56]] runs through the center of Scalp Level and leads southeast {{convert|31|mi}} to [[Bedford, Pennsylvania|Bedford]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough of Scalp Level has a total area of {{convert|1.7|km2|disp=flip}}, all  land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>