Raven, VA Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raven, Virginia, shaded from 1,890 ft on the south side to 2,740 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,740 ft 835 m2,530 ft 770 m2,420 ft 740 m2,210 ft 675 m2,000 ft 610 m1,890 ft 575 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

Raven sits at about 2,130 ft (650 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,130 ft 650 m
most residents: 1,910–2,570 ft
Lowest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the south side
Highest
2,740 ft 835 m
on the northwest side
Average
2,240 ft 685 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Raven spans about 850 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
2,130 ft650 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
2,740 ft835 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,890 ft575 m
Town center
USGS map point for Raven
1,910 ft585 m
Airport (JFZ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.7 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
2,653 ft809 m
Average of all land2,240 ft685 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raven, Virginia, shaded from 1,890 ft on the south side to 2,740 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Tazewell and Russell counties, Virginia, United States
Population
1,988 2020 Census
Land area
6.5 sq mi
Density
304 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.0871° N, 81.8551° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Clinch River → Tennessee River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tazewell County (JFZ) 2,653 ft
ZIP codes 4
24609 24612 24639 24649
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Jewell Ridge2,890 ft
  2. Claypool Hill2,360 ft
  3. Pounding Mill2,320 ft
  4. Raven2,130 ft
  5. Allison Gap2,030 ft
  6. Doran2,020 ft
  7. Richlands2,020 ft
  8. Cedar Bluff1,980 ft
  9. Honaker1,960 ft
  10. Saltville1,910 ft
  11. Amonate1,820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Beartown Mountain4,690 ft
  • Knob Mountain4,472 ft
  • Chimney Rock, Tazewell County4,380 ft
  • Brumley Mountain4,210 ft
  • Big A Mountain3,705 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.
  • Raven 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.