Prosperity, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prosperity, West Virginia, shaded from 2,160 ft on the west side to 2,600 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
2,600 ft 790 m2,490 ft 760 m2,440 ft 740 m2,330 ft 710 m2,220 ft 675 m2,160 ft 660 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.
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

Prosperity sits at about 2,440 ft (745 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,440 ft 745 m
most residents: 2,390–2,500 ft
Lowest
2,160 ft 660 m
on the west side
Highest
2,600 ft 790 m
on the northeast side
Average
2,430 ft 740 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Prosperity spans about 440 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
2,440 ft745 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
2,600 ft790 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
2,160 ft660 m
Town center
USGS map point for Prosperity
2,470 ft750 m
Airport (BKW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.4 mi southeast of the CDP boundary
2,504 ft763 m
Average of all land2,430 ft740 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prosperity, West Virginia, shaded from 2,160 ft on the west side to 2,600 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States
Population
1,345 2020 Census
Land area
2.5 sq mi
Density
547 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.8365° N, 81.2018° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Paint Creek → Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Raleigh County Memorial (BKW) 2,504 ft
ZIP codes 3
25801 25880 25909
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Prosperity2,440 ft
  2. MacArthur2,430 ft
  3. Beckley2,380 ft
  4. Stanaford2,360 ft
  5. Piney View2,340 ft
  6. Mabscott2,340 ft
  7. Sprague2,330 ft
  8. Raleigh2,230 ft
  9. Bradley2,230 ft
  10. Eccles2,210 ft
  11. Mount Hope1,740 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.
  • Prosperity 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.