Cheat Lake, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cheat Lake, West Virginia, shaded from 780 ft on the north side to 1,960 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,960 ft 600 m1,670 ft 510 m1,520 ft 465 m1,230 ft 375 m930 ft 285 m780 ft 240 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Cheat Lake 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: 1,040–1,500 ft
Lowest
780 ft 240 m
on the north side
Highest
1,960 ft 595 m
on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,220 ft 370 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cheat Lake spans about 1,180 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 east edge, below higher ground just outside
1,960 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
780 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cheat Lake
990 ft305 m
Airport (MGW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.1 mi southwest of the CDP boundary
1,244 ft379 m
Average of all land1,220 ft370 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cheat Lake, West Virginia, shaded from 780 ft on the north side to 1,960 ft on the east edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States
Population
9,930 2020 Census
Land area
14.3 sq mi + 1.5 sq mi water
Density
692 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6720° N, 79.8534° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field (MGW) 1,244 ft
ZIP codes 1
26508
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Masontown1,810 ft
  2. Brookhaven1,250 ft
  3. Granville1,240 ft
  4. Cheat Lake1,210 ft
  5. Dunkard Township, PA1,160 ft
  6. Springhill Township, PA1,080 ft
  7. Morgantown1,010 ft
  8. Star City950 ft
  9. Westover940 ft
  10. Osage880 ft
  11. Point Marion, PA880 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
  • Wills Mountain2,770 ft
  • High Knob2,640 ft
  • Cheat View2,220 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.
  • Cheat Lake 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. All public domain.