Lewis County, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lewis County, West Virginia, shaded from 760 ft on the northwest side to 1,950 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,950 ft 595 m1,660 ft 505 m1,510 ft 460 m1,210 ft 370 m910 ft 280 m770 ft 235 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lewis County averages about 1,220 ft (370 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 760 ft on the northwest side to 1,950 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,220 ft 370 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,950 ft 595 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
760 ft 235 m
on the northwest side

Lewis County spans about 1,190 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,220 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,950 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
760 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

22 mi west to east through Weston.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lewis County, West Virginia, shaded from 760 ft on the northwest side to 1,950 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
County in West Virginia, United States
Population
16,477 2024 est.
Land area
386.9 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
43 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Webster County2,440 ft
  2. Upshur County1,820 ft
  3. Lewis County1,220 ft
  4. Braxton County1,210 ft
  5. Harrison County1,190 ft
  6. Doddridge County1,070 ft
  7. Gilmer County1,020 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Moss Knob1,820 ft
  • Cochran Knob1,810 ft
  • Purgatory Hill1,788 ft
  • Handkerchief Knob1,750 ft
  • Bald Knob, Lewis County1,730 ft
All 2 towns in Lewis County by typical elevation
  1. Weston1,030 ft
  2. Jane Lew1,020 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.