Powellton, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Powellton, West Virginia, shaded from 770 ft on the northeast side to 2,370 ft on the south side
Elevation
2,370 ft 720 m1,970 ft 600 m1,770 ft 540 m1,370 ft 415 m970 ft 295 m770 ft 235 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

Powellton sits at about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,600 ft 490 m
most residents: 830–1,780 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,370 ft 720 m
on the south side
Average
1,470 ft 445 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Powellton spans about 1,600 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
1,600 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
2,370 ft720 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
770 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Powellton
840 ft255 m
Average of all land1,470 ft445 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Powellton, West Virginia, shaded from 770 ft on the northeast side to 2,370 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States
Population
493 2020 Census
Land area
5.4 sq mi
Density
92 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.0990° N, 81.3240° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
25118 25161
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Powellton1,600 ft
  2. Kincaid1,200 ft
  3. Page1,130 ft
  4. Kimberly1,050 ft
  5. Charlton Heights930 ft
  6. Boomer660 ft
  7. Falls View660 ft
  8. Deep Water650 ft
  9. Montgomery640 ft
  10. Smithers640 ft
  11. Mount Carbon640 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cross Mountain4,180 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Bickett Knob3,330 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 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.
  • Powellton 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.