Norton, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Norton, West Virginia, shaded from 1,850 ft on the northeast side to 2,240 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,240 ft 685 m2,150 ft 655 m2,100 ft 640 m2,000 ft 610 m1,900 ft 580 m1,850 ft 565 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.
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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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Norton sits at about 2,090 ft (635 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,090 ft 635 m
most residents: 1,940–2,170 ft
Lowest
1,850 ft 565 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,240 ft 685 m
on the west side
Average
2,070 ft 630 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Norton spans about 390 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
2,090 ft635 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
2,240 ft685 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
1,850 ft565 m
Town center
USGS map point for Norton
1,980 ft605 m
Airport (EKN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.3 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
1,987 ft606 m
Average of all land2,070 ft630 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Norton, West Virginia, shaded from 1,850 ft on the northeast side to 2,240 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States
Population
336 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
580 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9318° N, 79.9656° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Tygart Valley River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Elkins/Randolph County (Jennings Randolph Field) (EKN) 1,987 ft
ZIP codes 1
26285
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Womelsdorf (Coalton)2,170 ft
  2. Norton2,090 ft
  3. Mill Creek2,040 ft
  4. Montrose2,010 ft
  5. Valley Bend2,000 ft
  6. East Dailey1,990 ft
  7. Dailey1,960 ft
  8. Beverly1,960 ft
  9. Elkins1,930 ft
  10. Junior1,770 ft
  11. Belington1,730 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spruce Mountain4,863 ft
  • Bald Knob4,842 ft
  • Job Knob4,460 ft
  • Elk Mountain4,429 ft
  • Back Fork Mountain4,044 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.
  • Norton 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.