Craigsville, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Craigsville, Virginia, shaded from 1,500 ft on the east side to 1,980 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,980 ft 605 m1,860 ft 565 m1,800 ft 550 m1,680 ft 510 m1,560 ft 475 m1,500 ft 455 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Craigsville sits at about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,560 ft 475 m
most residents: 1,530–1,680 ft
Lowest
1,500 ft 455 m
on the east side
Highest
1,980 ft 605 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,650 ft 505 m
all land inside town limits

Craigsville spans about 480 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,560 ft475 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
1,980 ft605 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
1,500 ft455 m
Town center
USGS map point for Craigsville
1,530 ft465 m
Average of all land1,650 ft505 m
Nearest peak
Hogback, 5.3 mi northeast of the town limits
4,450 ft1,355 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Craigsville, Virginia, shaded from 1,500 ft on the east side to 1,980 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Augusta County, Virginia, United States
Population
915 2024 est.
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
443 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.0787° N, 79.3831° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Maury River → James River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 1
24430
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Middlebrook1,930 ft
  2. Millboro1,730 ft
  3. Deerfield1,720 ft
  4. Greenville1,690 ft
  5. Fairfield1,640 ft
  6. Augusta Springs1,620 ft
  7. Craigsville1,560 ft
  8. Staunton1,540 ft
  9. Jolivue1,540 ft
  10. Goshen1,450 ft
  11. Churchville1,430 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hogback4,450 ft
  • Crawford Knob3,730 ft
  • Big House Mountain3,630 ft
  • Big Butt3,430 ft
  • Chestnut Ridge3,270 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).
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.