Crab Orchard, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crab Orchard, West Virginia, shaded from 2,220 ft on the east side to 2,650 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,650 ft 805 m2,540 ft 775 m2,490 ft 760 m2,380 ft 725 m2,270 ft 695 m2,220 ft 675 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

Crab Orchard sits at about 2,430 ft (740 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,430 ft 740 m
most residents: 2,330–2,520 ft
Lowest
2,220 ft 675 m
on the east side
Highest
2,650 ft 805 m
on the southeast side
Average
2,400 ft 730 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Crab Orchard spans about 430 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
2,430 ft740 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
2,650 ft805 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
2,220 ft675 m
Town center
USGS map point for Crab Orchard
2,290 ft695 m
Airport (BKW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
2,504 ft763 m
Average of all land2,400 ft730 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crab Orchard, West Virginia, shaded from 2,220 ft on the east side to 2,650 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
Population
2,416 2020 Census
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,074 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.7407° N, 81.2307° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
New River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial (BKW) 2,504 ft
ZIP codes 2
25801 25827
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Coal City2,540 ft
  2. Crab Orchard2,430 ft
  3. MacArthur2,430 ft
  4. Sophia2,380 ft
  5. Beckley2,380 ft
  6. Mabscott2,340 ft
  7. Sprague2,330 ft
  8. Raleigh2,230 ft
  9. Eccles2,210 ft
  10. Glen White2,160 ft
  11. Lester2,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cross Mountain4,180 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Bickett Knob3,330 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 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.
  • Crab Orchard 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.