West Jefferson, NC Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,560 ft 1,085 m3,400 ft 1,035 m3,320 ft 1,010 m3,160 ft 965 m3,000 ft 915 m2,920 ft 890 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
West Jefferson sits at about 3,090 ft (940 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,090 ft 940 m
most residents: 3,010–3,170 ft
Lowest
2,920 ft 890 m
on the north side
Highest
3,560 ft 1,085 m
on the south edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
3,100 ft 945 m
all land inside town limits
West Jefferson spans about 640 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,090 ft940 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, on the south edge, below higher ground just outside | 3,560 ft1,085 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 2,920 ft890 m |
| Town center USGS map point for West Jefferson | 2,980 ft905 m |
| Airport (GEV) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.8 mi northeast of the town limits | 3,178 ft969 m |
| Average of all land | 3,100 ft945 m |
| Nearest peak Mount Jefferson, 0.7 mi east of the town limits | 4,650 ft1,415 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.0 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,090 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.3 °F96.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.7 inHg (90.5 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States
- Population
- 1,341 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- Density
- 616 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 36.4037° N, 81.4929° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Blue Ridge
- Drains to
- New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Ashe County (GEV) 3,178 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 28694
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Blowing Rock3,630 ft
- Boone3,250 ft
- Troutdale, VA3,250 ft
- Valle Crucis3,140 ft
- West Jefferson3,090 ft
- Jefferson2,990 ft
- Cove Creek2,900 ft
- Lansing2,810 ft
- Mountain City, TN2,470 ft
- Millers Creek1,320 ft
- Mulberry1,230 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Carolina18th highest of 782
- Towns in Ashe Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Elk Knob5,550 ft
- Bluff Mountain5,080 ft
- Three Top Mountain5,010 ft
- Phoenix Mountain4,718 ft
- Mount Jefferson4,650 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.