Pinch, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pinch, West Virginia, shaded from 580 ft on the west side to 1,150 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,150 ft 350 m1,010 ft 305 m940 ft 285 m790 ft 240 m650 ft 200 m580 ft 175 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Pinch sits at about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
800 ft 245 m
most residents: 730–1,010 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the west side
Highest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the east side
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Pinch spans about 570 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
800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
1,150 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
580 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pinch
720 ft220 m
Airport (CRW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.9 mi west of the CDP boundary
947 ft289 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pinch, West Virginia, shaded from 580 ft on the west side to 1,150 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States
Population
2,914 2020 Census
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
822 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.4087° N, 81.4818° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
West Virginia International Yeager (CRW) 947 ft
ZIP codes 2
25071 25156
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Coal Fork1,110 ft
  2. Pinch800 ft
  3. Sissonville760 ft
  4. Charleston740 ft
  5. South Charleston710 ft
  6. Big Chimney670 ft
  7. Elkview670 ft
  8. Clendenin640 ft
  9. Dupont City610 ft
  10. Rand610 ft
  11. Malden600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cross Mountain4,180 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 ft
  • Hammick Hill1,190 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.
  • Pinch 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.