Handley, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Handley, West Virginia, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,670 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,410 ft 430 m1,270 ft 390 m1,010 ft 305 m740 ft 225 m600 ft 185 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
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Handley sits at about 700 ft (215 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
700 ft 215 m
most residents: 630–1,320 ft
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the northwest side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside town limits

Handley spans about 1,070 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
700 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northwest side
600 ft185 m
Town center
USGS map point for Handley
650 ft200 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Handley, West Virginia, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,670 ft on the northwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
Population
212 2024 est.
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
222 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.1870° N, 81.3654° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
25102
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kimberly1,050 ft
  2. Handley700 ft
  3. Boomer660 ft
  4. Montgomery640 ft
  5. Smithers640 ft
  6. Pratt630 ft
  7. Glasgow620 ft
  8. Hollygrove620 ft
  9. Cedar Grove620 ft
  10. Hansford620 ft
  11. East Bank620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Briery Knob4,524 ft
  • Cross Mountain4,180 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 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.