Raysal, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raysal, West Virginia, shaded from 1,190 ft on the northwest side to 2,140 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,140 ft 650 m1,900 ft 580 m1,780 ft 545 m1,540 ft 470 m1,310 ft 400 m1,190 ft 360 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

Raysal sits at about 1,480 ft (450 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,480 ft 450 m
most residents: 1,200–1,810 ft
Lowest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,140 ft 650 m
on the east side
Average
1,550 ft 470 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Raysal spans about 950 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
1,480 ft450 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
2,140 ft650 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,190 ft360 m
Town center
USGS map point for Raysal
1,220 ft370 m
Average of all land1,550 ft470 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Raysal, West Virginia, shaded from 1,190 ft on the northwest side to 2,140 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States
Population
364 2020 Census
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
295 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.3432° N, 81.7823° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Tug Fork → Big Sandy River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
24879
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Jewell Ridge, VA2,890 ft
  2. Cucumber1,560 ft
  3. Berwind1,500 ft
  4. Raysal1,480 ft
  5. War1,380 ft
  6. Davy1,280 ft
  7. Bartley1,280 ft
  8. Bradshaw1,200 ft
  9. Big Sandy1,160 ft
  10. Roderfield1,110 ft
  11. Iaeger1,020 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Beartown Mountain4,690 ft
  • Knob Mountain4,472 ft
  • Chimney Rock, Tazewell County4,380 ft
  • Big A Mountain3,705 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 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.
  • Raysal 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.