Glen Fork, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Glen Fork, West Virginia, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southwest side to 2,580 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,580 ft 785 m2,270 ft 695 m2,120 ft 645 m1,820 ft 555 m1,520 ft 465 m1,370 ft 420 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

Glen Fork sits at about 1,650 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,650 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,380–1,870 ft
Lowest
1,370 ft 420 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,580 ft 785 m
on the west side
Average
1,830 ft 555 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Glen Fork spans about 1,210 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
1,650 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
2,580 ft785 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,370 ft420 m
Town center
USGS map point for Glen Fork
1,420 ft430 m
Airport (I16)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.7 mi south of the CDP boundary
1,783 ft543 m
Average of all land1,830 ft555 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Glen Fork, West Virginia, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southwest side to 2,580 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States
Population
457 2020 Census
Land area
3.1 sq mi
Density
149 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6959° N, 81.5290° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Guyandotte River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Kee Field (I16) 1,783 ft
ZIP codes 1
25845
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Itmann2,140 ft
  2. Kopperston2,100 ft
  3. Bolt2,070 ft
  4. Glen Fork1,650 ft
  5. Helen1,640 ft
  6. Matheny1,580 ft
  7. Mullens1,490 ft
  8. New Richmond1,350 ft
  9. Pineville1,340 ft
  10. Oceana1,280 ft
  11. Brenton1,180 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Knob Mountain4,472 ft
  • Chimney Rock, Tazewell County4,380 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 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.
  • Glen Fork 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.