Fort Gay, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Gay, West Virginia, shaded from 530 ft on the southeast side to 870 ft on the north side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m790 ft 240 m740 ft 225 m660 ft 200 m580 ft 175 m530 ft 165 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fort Gay sits at about 570 ft (175 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
570 ft 175 m
most residents: 560–820 ft
Lowest
530 ft 165 m
on the southeast side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the north side
Average
640 ft 195 m
all land inside town limits

Fort Gay spans about 340 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
570 ft175 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southeast side
530 ft165 m
Town center
USGS map point for Fort Gay
580 ft175 m
Average of all land640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.9 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Gay, West Virginia, shaded from 530 ft on the southeast side to 870 ft on the north side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States
Population
656 2024 est.
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
795 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.1162° N, 82.5957° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Big Sandy River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
25514
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Crum740 ft
  2. Inez, KY730 ft
  3. Lavalette700 ft
  4. Cannonsburg, KY680 ft
  5. Wayne660 ft
  6. Blaine, KY660 ft
  7. Prichard590 ft
  8. Louisa, KY580 ft
  9. Fort Gay570 ft
  10. Ceredo550 ft
  11. Kenova550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Porter Knob, Wayne County1,394 ft
  • Hooker Knob1,380 ft
  • Wells Mountain1,310 ft
  • Buck Knob, Wayne County1,260 ft
  • Wheeler Knob1,140 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.