Parcoal, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Parcoal, West Virginia, shaded from 1,520 ft on the west side to 1,810 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
1,810 ft 550 m1,740 ft 530 m1,700 ft 520 m1,630 ft 495 m1,560 ft 475 m1,520 ft 465 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

Parcoal sits at about 1,590 ft (485 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,590 ft 485 m
few residents
Lowest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the west side
Highest
1,810 ft 550 m
on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
1,610 ft 490 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Parcoal spans about 290 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,590 ft485 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
1,810 ft550 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
1,520 ft465 m
Town center
USGS map point for Parcoal
1,560 ft475 m
Average of all land1,610 ft490 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Parcoal, West Virginia, shaded from 1,520 ft on the west side to 1,810 ft on the northeast edge, below higher ground just outside
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Webster County, West Virginia, United States
Population
130 2020 Census
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
756 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.4593° N, 80.3734° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Elk River → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
26288
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pickens2,860 ft
  2. Helvetia2,520 ft
  3. Valley Head2,400 ft
  4. Craigsville2,300 ft
  5. Tioga2,290 ft
  6. Cowen2,270 ft
  7. Richwood2,230 ft
  8. Camden-on-Gauley2,130 ft
  9. Bergoo1,840 ft
  10. Parcoal1,590 ft
  11. Addison (Webster Springs)1,480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Lick Mountain4,680 ft
  • Black Mountain4,590 ft
  • Briery Knob4,524 ft
  • Elk Mountain4,429 ft
  • Back Fork Mountain4,044 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Parcoal 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.