Benwood, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benwood, West Virginia, shaded from 620 ft on the south side to 1,210 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,210 ft 370 m1,070 ft 325 m990 ft 300 m840 ft 260 m700 ft 215 m620 ft 190 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
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Benwood sits at about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
690 ft 210 m
most residents: 650–760 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the south side
Highest
1,210 ft 370 m
on the northeast side
Average
760 ft 230 m
all land inside city limits

Benwood spans about 590 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
690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,210 ft370 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
620 ft190 m
Town center
USGS map point for Benwood
650 ft195 m
Average of all land760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benwood, West Virginia, shaded from 620 ft on the south side to 1,210 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States
Population
1,204 2024 est.
Land area
1.3 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
925 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0181° N, 80.7342° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
26031
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bethlehem1,120 ft
  2. Neffs, OH1,070 ft
  3. Pultney Township, OH770 ft
  4. Mead Township, OH710 ft
  5. Bridgeport, OH710 ft
  6. Wheeling700 ft
  7. Brookside, OH690 ft
  8. Bellaire, OH690 ft
  9. Benwood690 ft
  10. Shadyside, OH680 ft
  11. McMechen680 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Riggs Knob1,440 ft
  • Shepherd Hill1,380 ft
  • Grave Creek Indian Mound730 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.