Dumbarton, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dumbarton, Virginia, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 300 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
300 ft 90 m270 ft 80 m250 ft 75 m220 ft 65 m180 ft 55 m160 ft 50 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dumbarton sits at about 220 ft (65 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
220 ft 65 m
most residents: 200–250 ft
Lowest
160 ft 50 m
on the southeast side
Highest
300 ft 90 m
on the northwest side
Average
220 ft 65 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Dumbarton spans about 140 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
220 ft65 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
300 ft90 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
160 ft50 m
Airport (RIC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
168 ft51 m
Average of all land220 ft65 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.3 mi west to east through the middle of Dumbarton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dumbarton, Virginia, shaded from 160 ft on the southeast side to 300 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Henrico County, Virginia, United States
Population
8,506 2020 Census
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
4,512 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6137° N, 77.5057° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Piedmont
Drains to
Chickahominy River → James River → Atlantic Ocean
Airport
Richmond International (RIC) 168 ft
ZIP codes 2
23228 23230
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bon Air320 ft
  2. Innsbrook260 ft
  3. Short Pump250 ft
  4. Laurel230 ft
  5. Tuckahoe230 ft
  6. Dumbarton220 ft
  7. Glen Allen200 ft
  8. Lakeside190 ft
  9. Richmond190 ft
  10. Chamberlayne180 ft
  11. East Highland Park170 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Peters Mountain1,800 ft
  • Shooters Hill, Goochland County230 ft
  • Sliding Hill220 ft
  • Gambles Hill190 ft
  • Marion Hill160 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Dumbarton is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.