Pentress, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pentress, West Virginia, shaded from 920 ft on the northwest side to 1,240 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,240 ft 380 m1,160 ft 355 m1,120 ft 340 m1,040 ft 315 m960 ft 295 m920 ft 280 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

Pentress sits at about 1,050 ft (320 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,050 ft 320 m
most residents: 1,000–1,050 ft
Lowest
920 ft 280 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,030 ft 315 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Pentress spans about 320 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
1,050 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,240 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
920 ft280 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pentress
950 ft290 m
Airport (MGW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 14 mi east of the CDP boundary
1,244 ft379 m
Average of all land1,030 ft315 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pentress, West Virginia, shaded from 920 ft on the northwest side to 1,240 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States
Population
135 2020 Census
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
223 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7104° N, 80.1603° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Dunkard Creek → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Morgantown Municipal/Walter L Bill Hart Field (MGW) 1,244 ft
ZIP codes 1
26544
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cassville1,300 ft
  2. Gilmore Township, PA1,240 ft
  3. Whiteley Township, PA1,240 ft
  4. Wayne Township, Greene County, PA1,230 ft
  5. Pentress1,050 ft
  6. Fairview1,040 ft
  7. Perry Township, Greene County, PA1,040 ft
  8. Brave, PA990 ft
  9. Blacksville990 ft
  10. Mount Morris, PA940 ft
  11. Osage880 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Catherines Knob1,710 ft
  • Devines Knob1,650 ft
  • Fort Knob1,620 ft
  • Lantz Hill1,540 ft
  • Sutton Knob1,500 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 920 ft at 39.7143° N, 80.1671° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Pentress 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.