Belle, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Belle, West Virginia, shaded from 590 ft near the middle to 1,470 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,470 ft 450 m1,250 ft 380 m1,140 ft 350 m920 ft 280 m700 ft 215 m590 ft 180 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
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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

Belle sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 600–620 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
near the middle
Highest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the north side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside town limits

Belle spans about 880 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
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
1,470 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Belle
600 ft185 m
Airport (CRW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.9 mi north of the town limits
947 ft289 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Belle, West Virginia, shaded from 590 ft near the middle to 1,470 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
Population
1,097 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,590 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2320° N, 81.5376° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
West Virginia International Yeager (CRW) 947 ft
ZIP codes 1
25015
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Coal Fork1,110 ft
  2. Cedar Grove620 ft
  3. Chelyan620 ft
  4. East Bank620 ft
  5. Shrewsbury610 ft
  6. Marmet610 ft
  7. Belle610 ft
  8. Dupont City610 ft
  9. Rand610 ft
  10. Chesapeake600 ft
  11. Malden600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cross Mountain4,180 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 ft
  • Malden Mountain1,500 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).
  • 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, 590 ft at 38.2360° N, 81.5449° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.