Thomas, WV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,240 ft 985 m3,160 ft 960 m3,120 ft 950 m3,030 ft 925 m2,950 ft 900 m2,910 ft 890 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Thomas sits at about 3,090 ft (945 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,090 ft 945 m
most residents: 3,010–3,110 ft
Lowest
2,910 ft 890 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,240 ft 985 m
on the northeast side
Average
3,080 ft 940 m
all land inside city limits
Thomas spans about 330 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,090 ft945 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 3,240 ft985 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 2,910 ft890 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Thomas | 3,030 ft925 m |
| Average of all land | 3,080 ft940 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,090 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.3 °F96.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.7 inHg (90.5 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States
- Population
- 593 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Density
- 170 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.1490° N, 79.4981° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Appalachian Plateaus
- Drains to
- Cheat River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 26260 26292
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Davis3,110 ft
- Thomas3,090 ft
- Aurora2,690 ft
- Gorman, MD2,490 ft
- Bayard2,360 ft
- Harman2,350 ft
- Hendricks1,780 ft
- Hambleton1,720 ft
- Parsons1,720 ft
- St. George1,560 ft
- Rowlesburg1,400 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in West Virginia2nd highest of 439
- Towns in Tucker County2nd highest of 6
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Spruce Mountain4,863 ft
- Kile Knob4,590 ft
- Job Knob4,460 ft
- Turkey Mountain2,800 ft
- High Knob2,640 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.