Institute, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Institute, West Virginia, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 670 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
670 ft 205 m650 ft 195 m630 ft 195 m610 ft 185 m580 ft 180 m570 ft 175 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
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

Institute sits at about 610 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
610 ft 185 m
most residents: 600–610 ft
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the south side
Highest
670 ft 205 m
on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Institute spans about 100 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
610 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
670 ft205 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
570 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Institute
620 ft190 m
Airport (CRW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 9.1 mi east of the CDP boundary
947 ft289 m
Average of all land610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Institute, West Virginia, shaded from 570 ft on the south side to 670 ft on the northwest edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
Population
569 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
2,004 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3837° N, 81.7654° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
West Virginia International Yeager (CRW) 947 ft
ZIP codes 2
25064 25112
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cross Lanes730 ft
  2. South Charleston710 ft
  3. Tornado670 ft
  4. West Dunbar610 ft
  5. Institute610 ft
  6. St. Albans600 ft
  7. Poca600 ft
  8. Dunbar600 ft
  9. Jefferson590 ft
  10. Nitro590 ft
  11. Raymond City590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 ft
  • Grapevine Knob1,140 ft
  • Tyler Mountain1,100 ft
  • Coal Mountain1,070 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.
  • Institute 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. All public domain.