Chesterfield County, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chesterfield County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 440 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
440 ft 135 m330 ft 100 m270 ft 85 m160 ft 50 m55 ft 17 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Chesterfield County averages about 210 ft (65 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 0 ft on the southeast side to 440 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
210 ft 65 m
all land inside the county
Highest
440 ft 135 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
on the southeast side

Chesterfield County spans about 440 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land210 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
440 ft135 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
0 ft0 m

Elevation profile, west to east

33 mi west to east through Chester.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chesterfield County, Virginia, shaded from 0 ft on the southeast side to 440 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Virginia, United States
Population
389,793 2024 est.
Land area
423.5 sq mi + 13.5 sq mi water
Density
920 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont 94%
Drains to
Atlantic Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Amelia County300 ft
  2. Powhatan County280 ft
  3. Dinwiddie County230 ft
  4. Chesterfield County210 ft
  5. Richmond city170 ft
  6. Henrico County160 ft
  7. Petersburg city130 ft
  8. Prince George County100 ft
  9. Charles City County59 ft
  10. Hopewell city52 ft
  11. Colonial Heights city49 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Blanco Mount85 ft
All 13 towns in Chesterfield County by typical elevation
  1. Bon Air320 ft
  2. Midlothian280 ft
  3. Manchester250 ft
  4. Brandermill230 ft
  5. Rockwood230 ft
  6. Woodlake230 ft
  7. Meadowbrook170 ft
  8. Chester150 ft
  9. Matoaca120 ft
  10. Bellwood120 ft
  11. Ettrick93 ft
  12. Bensley89 ft
  13. Enon81 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −90 ft at 37.3568° N, 77.5054° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.