Chester, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, West Virginia, shaded from 660 ft on the west side to 1,130 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m1,010 ft 310 m960 ft 290 m840 ft 255 m720 ft 220 m660 ft 205 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chester sits at about 730 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
730 ft 225 m
most residents: 700–900 ft
Lowest
660 ft 205 m
on the west side
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the southwest side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside city limits

Chester spans about 470 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
730 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
660 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Chester
700 ft215 m
Airport (02G)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.3 mi northwest of the city limits
1,161 ft354 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chester, West Virginia, shaded from 660 ft on the west side to 1,130 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States
Population
2,105 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
2,107 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6131° N, 80.5628° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Columbiana County (02G) 1,161 ft
ZIP codes 1
26034
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. St. Clair Township, OH1,150 ft
  2. La Croft, OH1,150 ft
  3. Calcutta, OH1,140 ft
  4. Liverpool Township, Columbiana County, OH1,130 ft
  5. Hookstown, PA1,000 ft
  6. East Liverpool, OH960 ft
  7. Newell760 ft
  8. Borough of Georgetown, PA750 ft
  9. Chester730 ft
  10. Wellsville, OH690 ft
  11. Glasgow, PA690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stewart Hill1,360 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.