Roane County, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roane County, West Virginia, shaded from 620 ft on the south side to 1,560 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,560 ft 475 m1,330 ft 405 m1,210 ft 370 m970 ft 295 m740 ft 225 m620 ft 190 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Roane County averages about 950 ft (290 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 620 ft on the south side to 1,560 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
950 ft 290 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the south side

Roane County spans about 940 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land950 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,560 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

25 mi south to north through Spencer.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roane County, West Virginia, shaded from 620 ft on the south side to 1,560 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in West Virginia, United States
Population
13,540 2024 est.
Land area
483.6 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
28 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Clay County1,190 ft
  2. Kanawha County1,050 ft
  3. Calhoun County990 ft
  4. Roane County950 ft
  5. Wirt County860 ft
  6. Jackson County810 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Weedy Knob1,469 ft
  • Starcher Rocks1,310 ft
  • Campbell Hill, Roane County1,300 ft
  • Jackson Rocks1,290 ft
  • Nichols Knob, Roane County1,290 ft
All 2 towns in Roane County by typical elevation
  1. Spencer820 ft
  2. Reedy690 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 620 ft at 38.5421° N, 81.3490° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.