Carolina, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carolina, West Virginia, shaded from 1,010 ft on the southeast side to 1,660 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,660 ft 505 m1,490 ft 455 m1,410 ft 430 m1,250 ft 380 m1,090 ft 330 m1,010 ft 305 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Carolina sits at about 1,210 ft (370 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,210 ft 370 m
most residents: 1,200–1,230 ft
Lowest
1,010 ft 305 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,660 ft 505 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,280 ft 390 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Carolina spans about 650 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
1,210 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,660 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,010 ft305 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carolina
1,180 ft360 m
Airport (CKB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi south of the CDP boundary
1,224 ft373 m
Average of all land1,280 ft390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carolina, West Virginia, shaded from 1,010 ft on the southeast side to 1,660 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Marion County, West Virginia, United States
Population
390 2020 Census
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
470 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4804° N, 80.2734° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
North Central West Virginia (CKB) 1,224 ft
ZIP codes 1
26563
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Idamay1,210 ft
  2. Carolina1,210 ft
  3. White Hall1,110 ft
  4. Rachel1,060 ft
  5. Mannington1,010 ft
  6. Shinnston990 ft
  7. Farmington990 ft
  8. Monongah970 ft
  9. Barrackville970 ft
  10. Enterprise960 ft
  11. Worthington890 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Back Fork Mountain4,044 ft
  • Bake Oven Knob1,660 ft
  • Bald Knob, Harrison County1,552 ft
  • Odell Knob1,550 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.
  • Carolina 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.