Gilbert, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,350 ft 410 m1,250 ft 380 m1,070 ft 325 m890 ft 270 m800 ft 245 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Gilbert sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 830–1,230 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the north side
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
at the foot of the Huff Mountain
Average
990 ft 300 m
all land inside town limits
Gilbert spans about 730 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 890 ft270 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Huff Mountain | 1,530 ft465 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 800 ft245 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Gilbert | 840 ft255 m |
| Average of all land | 990 ft300 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.5 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States
- Population
- 303 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 305 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.6143° N, 81.8665° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Guyandotte River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 25621
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Accoville1,520 ft
- Gilbert Creek1,490 ft
- Sarah Ann1,220 ft
- Bruno1,060 ft
- Iaeger1,020 ft
- Kistler980 ft
- Justice900 ft
- Gilbert890 ft
- Mallory890 ft
- Greenville760 ft
- Man750 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in West Virginia255th highest of 439
- Towns in Mingo County4th highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Knob Mountain4,472 ft
- Chimney Rock, Tazewell County4,380 ft
- Big A Mountain3,705 ft
- Pilot Knob3,530 ft
- Pond Knob3,320 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.