Monongah, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monongah, West Virginia, shaded from 860 ft near the middle to 1,190 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,190 ft 360 m1,100 ft 335 m1,060 ft 325 m980 ft 300 m900 ft 275 m860 ft 260 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Monongah sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 900–1,000 ft
Lowest
860 ft 260 m
near the middle
Highest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the south side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside town limits

Monongah spans about 330 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
1,190 ft360 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, near the middle
860 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Monongah
960 ft295 m
Airport (CKB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi south of the town limits
1,224 ft373 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monongah, West Virginia, shaded from 860 ft near the middle to 1,190 ft on the south side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States
Population
1,046 2024 est.
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
2,143 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.4626° N, 80.2181° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
North Central West Virginia (CKB) 1,224 ft
ZIP codes 1
26554
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Idamay1,210 ft
  2. Carolina1,210 ft
  3. White Hall1,110 ft
  4. Pleasant Valley1,090 ft
  5. Rachel1,060 ft
  6. Fairmont1,010 ft
  7. Farmington990 ft
  8. Monongah970 ft
  9. Barrackville970 ft
  10. Enterprise960 ft
  11. Worthington890 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Back Fork Mountain4,044 ft
  • Bald Knob, Harrison County1,552 ft
  • Odell Knob1,550 ft
  • Browns Knob1,540 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.