Poca, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Poca, West Virginia, shaded from 570 ft on the northeast side to 750 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
750 ft 230 m710 ft 215 m680 ft 210 m640 ft 195 m590 ft 180 m570 ft 170 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
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Poca sits at about 600 ft (185 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
600 ft 185 m
most residents: 580–670 ft
Lowest
570 ft 170 m
on the northeast side
Highest
750 ft 230 m
on the northeast side
Average
600 ft 185 m
all land inside town limits

Poca spans about 180 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
600 ft185 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
750 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
570 ft170 m
Town center
USGS map point for Poca
590 ft180 m
Airport (CRW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 13 mi southeast of the town limits
947 ft289 m
Average of all land600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Poca, West Virginia, shaded from 570 ft on the northeast side to 750 ft on the northeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States
Population
869 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1,566 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.4723° N, 81.8143° 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 1
25159
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cross Lanes730 ft
  2. Teays Valley710 ft
  3. Institute610 ft
  4. St. Albans600 ft
  5. Poca600 ft
  6. Winfield600 ft
  7. Jefferson590 ft
  8. Nitro590 ft
  9. Raymond City590 ft
  10. Hometown580 ft
  11. Bancroft580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 ft
  • Tyler Mountain1,100 ft
  • Coal Mountain1,070 ft
  • Hickory Knob, Putnam County1,020 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. All public domain.