Smithers, WV Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Smithers, West Virginia, shaded from 610 ft on the south side to 1,900 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,900 ft 580 m1,580 ft 480 m1,420 ft 430 m1,090 ft 335 m770 ft 235 m610 ft 185 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Smithers sits at about 640 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
640 ft 195 m
most residents: 640–650 ft
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the south side
Highest
1,900 ft 580 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,050 ft 320 m
all land inside city limits

Smithers spans about 1,290 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
640 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,900 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
610 ft185 m
Town center
USGS map point for Smithers
630 ft190 m
Average of all land1,050 ft320 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Smithers, West Virginia, shaded from 610 ft on the south side to 1,900 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
City in Fayette and Kanawha counties, West Virginia, United States
Population
703 2024 est.
Land area
1.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
488 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.1812° N, 81.3071° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus
Drains to
Kanawha River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
25186
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Kimberly1,050 ft
  2. Handley700 ft
  3. Boomer660 ft
  4. Falls View660 ft
  5. Deep Water650 ft
  6. Montgomery640 ft
  7. Smithers640 ft
  8. Mount Carbon640 ft
  9. Pratt630 ft
  10. Hollygrove620 ft
  11. Hansford620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Briery Knob4,524 ft
  • Cross Mountain4,180 ft
  • Keeney Knob3,927 ft
  • Pilot Knob3,530 ft
  • Pond Knob3,320 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.