Ranson, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ranson, West Virginia, shaded from 440 ft on the northeast side to 620 ft on the north side
Elevation
620 ft 190 m580 ft 175 m550 ft 170 m510 ft 155 m460 ft 140 m440 ft 135 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Corporation area
Fades everything outside the official corporation boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ranson sits at about 520 ft (160 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
520 ft 160 m
most residents: 490–540 ft
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the northeast side
Highest
620 ft 190 m
on the north side
Average
540 ft 165 m
all land inside corporation boundaries

Ranson 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
520 ft160 m
Highest point
Inside corporation boundaries, on the north side
620 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside corporation boundaries, on the northeast side
440 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ranson
520 ft160 m
Average of all land540 ft165 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ranson, West Virginia, shaded from 440 ft on the northeast side to 620 ft on the north side
Corporation boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Corporation in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States
Population
6,035 2024 est.
Land area
8.1 sq mi
Density
745 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2951° N, 77.8606° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Valley and Ridge
Drains to
Potomac River → Atlantic Ocean
ZIP codes 2
25430 25438
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shannondale610 ft
  2. Shenandoah Junction560 ft
  3. Dargan, MD540 ft
  4. Ranson520 ft
  5. Hillsboro, VA520 ft
  6. Middleway520 ft
  7. Charles Town520 ft
  8. Bolivar490 ft
  9. Harpers Ferry460 ft
  10. Shepherdstown430 ft
  11. Sandy Hook, MD420 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf3,450 ft
  • Mill Mountain3,300 ft
  • High Point2,590 ft
  • Big Mountain2,460 ft
  • Third Hill Mountain2,170 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the corporation boundaries, 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 corporation boundaries (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); BTS time zones. All public domain.