THE COVINGTON CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southern Shale Valleys setting.
Covington city has 5.47 square miles of land in Virginia. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Covington city: Southern Shale Valleys, Northern Sandstone Ridges, Southern Sandstone Ridges.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Covington city intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southern Shale Valleys81.1%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges18.1%
- Southern Sandstone Ridges0.8%
Finding your parcel within Covington city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Covington city, including Covington. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Covington city by land and water
The Census records 0.2 square miles of water within Covington city, or 3.5% of its total area. That share is close to Covington city’s 3.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Alleghany County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.