Williamson, WV Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,810 ft 550 m1,510 ft 460 m1,360 ft 415 m1,060 ft 325 m770 ft 235 m620 ft 190 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
Williamson sits at about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
690 ft 210 m
most residents: 660–930 ft
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,810 ft 550 m
on the northeast side
Average
930 ft 280 m
all land inside city limits
Williamson spans about 1,190 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 | 690 ft210 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 1,810 ft550 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 620 ft190 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Williamson | 660 ft200 m |
| Airport (EBD) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.0 mi east of the city limits | 1,883 ft574 m |
| Average of all land | 930 ft280 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.3 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States
- Population
- 2,779 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi
- Density
- 849 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.6743° N, 82.2774° 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
- Airport
- Southern West Virginia Regional (EBD) 1,883 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 25661
⤓ Download this map
WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Phelps, KY1,150 ft
- Freeburn, KY990 ft
- South Williamson, KY970 ft
- Red Jacket950 ft
- Delbarton860 ft
- Chattaroy800 ft
- McCarr, KY780 ft
- Belfry, KY710 ft
- Matewan710 ft
- Williamson690 ft
- Kermit620 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in West Virginia329th highest of 439
- Towns in Mingo County8th highest of 9
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Beartown Mountain4,690 ft
- Knob Mountain4,472 ft
- Big A Mountain3,705 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.