Editing Keyser, West Virginia (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.92|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref> It is situated in a valley on the south side of the North Branch of the Potomac River at its junction with New Creek. New Creek forms most of the eastern boundary of the town. On the immediate eastern bank of New Creek is [[New Creek Mountain]], peaking at 1,552 feet above sea level on the eastern side of Keyser (though the long mountain itself has higher peaks far south of Keyser). On Keyser's western edge is the [[Allegheny Front]], rising 2,631 feet above sea level at this point along its range. The northern edge of Keyser is bounded by the North Branch of the Potomac River. Immediately across the river, in [[McCoole, Maryland]], another portion of the New Creek Mountain ridge features a massive outcropping of [[Oriskany Sandstone|Oriskany or Ridgeley]] sandstone known as Queens Point, a popular cliff from which to take in views of Keyser. The cliff is approximately 400 feet above the river.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Bulletin 508: The Onondaga Fauna of the Allegheny Region|last=Kindle|first=E.M.|publisher=United States Geological Survey|year=1912|location=Washington|pages=38}}</ref> The southern edge of Keyser is not bound by geology, as the valley here stretches farther south than the city limits. Beyond its southern limits is the unincorporated community of New Creek.

Today, Keyser's western horizon is dotted with wind turbines. The NedPower [[Mount Storm Wind Farm]] began construction in 2006, installing 132 wind turbines atop the Allegheny Front, many of them overlooking Keyser.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.times-news.com/mount-storm-wind-farm-project-behind-schedule/article_f293f48f-053a-5bed-a7d4-78dd28b340c0.html|title=Mount Storm Wind Project Behind Schedule|date=March 8, 2008|work=Cumberland Times-News}}</ref>  Eventually, the wind farm reached 162 turbines, making it the largest east of the Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nedpower.com/about-2/|title=NedPower - About}}</ref>

Keyser's oldest section is its downtown with the 1868 courthouse and two main commercial streets: Main and Armstrong. Armstrong runs parallel to the CSX (formerly B&O) railroad tracks, across which is a neighborhood known as the North End, sandwiched between the tracks and the river, where homes were constructed beginning in the late 1910s. Not far from downtown is Fort Hill, a small hill in the center of the city crowned with the campus of Potomac State College. The south end of Keyser features a relatively newer neighborhood, on the west side of U.S. Route 220, with most of the homes built in the 1960s and 1970s, known as Airport Addition, as it was once the site of a small airfield. An area sandwiched between Airport Addition and Potomac State College is known as "Radical Hill," which was the name of Thomas Carskadon's farm in the same location, so named by Carskadon because of his self-described radical opinions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wvgenweb.org/mineral/radicalmans.htm|title=Radical Hill Mansion}}</ref> The most recent commercial development for the city has been south of the city, where shopping centers, a hotel, the new high school, and the new hospital have been constructed in recent years.

The main thoroughfares for the city are [[U.S. Route 220]] and [[West Virginia Route 46]]. U.S. Route 220 eventually intersects with U.S. Route 50 south of Keyser. At its north end, 220 crosses the Potomac via the newly reconstructed Memorial Bridge, heading toward Cumberland, Maryland. West Virginia Route 46 enters the east side of Keyser from the direction of [[Fort Ashby, West Virginia]], becoming Armstrong Street and then West Piedmont Street before continuing on to Piedmont, West Virginia.

===Geology===
The type locality of the [[Silurian]]/[[Devonian]] [[Keyser Formation]], a [[limestone]], is located in a quarry and roadcut east of the town.

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| width       = auto
| collapsed   = yes
| single line = yes
| location    = Keyser, West Virginia (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1996–present)

| Jan record high F  = 72
| Feb record high F  = 82
| Mar record high F  = 90
| Apr record high F  = 96
| May record high F  = 99
| Jun record high F  = 103
| Jul record high F  = 104
| Aug record high F  = 103
| Sep record high F  = 102
| Oct record high F  = 96
| Nov record high F  = 84
| Dec record high F  = 80
| year record high F = 104

| Jan high F  = 39.5
| Feb high F  = 43.8
| Mar high F  = 53.0
| Apr high F  = 66.5
| May high F  = 75.5
| Jun high F  = 83.9
| Jul high F  = 88.6
| Aug high F  = 86.5
| Sep high F  = 79.7
| Oct high F  = 67.4
| Nov high F  = 54.3
| Dec high F  = 43.3
| year high F = 65.2

| Jan mean F  = 30.1
| Feb mean F  = 32.8
| Mar mean F  = 40.6
| Apr mean F  = 51.8
| May mean F  = 61.3
| Jun mean F  = 69.9
| Jul mean F  = 74.7
| Aug mean F  = 72.8
| Sep mean F  = 65.7
| Oct mean F  = 53.8
| Nov mean F  = 42.5
| Dec mean F  = 34.1
| year mean F = 52.5

| Jan low F  = 20.7
| Feb low F  = 21.9
| Mar low F  = 28.2
| Apr low F  = 37.2
| May low F  = 47.1
| Jun low F  = 56.0
| Jul low F  = 60.9
| Aug low F  = 59.1
| Sep low F  = 51.7
| Oct low F  = 40.3
| Nov low F  = 30.6
| Dec low F  = 24.9
| year low F = 39.9

| Jan record low F  = -11
| Feb record low F  = -7
| Mar record low F  = -2
| Apr record low F  = 18
| May record low F  = 28
| Jun record low F  = 38
| Jul record low F  = 45
| Aug record low F  = 43
| Sep record low F  = 31
| Oct record low F  = 20
| Nov record low F  = 11
| Dec record low F  = -3
| year record low F = -11

| precipitation colour    = green
| Jan precipitation inch  = 2.77
| Feb precipitation inch  = 2.57
| Mar precipitation inch  = 3.79
| Apr precipitation inch  = 3.85
| May precipitation inch  = 4.54
| Jun precipitation inch  = 4.34
| Jul precipitation inch  = 3.83
| Aug precipitation inch  = 3.25
| Sep precipitation inch  = 3.57
| Oct precipitation inch  = 3.11
| Nov precipitation inch  = 2.74
| Dec precipitation inch  = 3.04
| year precipitation inch = 41.40

| Jan snow inch  = 9.6
| Feb snow inch  = 10.3
| Mar snow inch  = 5.5
| Apr snow inch  = 0.2
| May snow inch  = 0.0
| Jun snow inch  = 0.0
| Jul snow inch  = 0.0
| Aug snow inch  = 0.0
| Sep snow inch  = 0.0
| Oct snow inch  = 0.2
| Nov snow inch  = 1.1
| Dec snow inch  = 6.6
| year snow inch = 33.5

| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days  = 13.6
| Feb precipitation days  = 12.6
| Mar precipitation days  = 13.6
| Apr precipitation days  = 14.7
| May precipitation days  = 15.7
| Jun precipitation days  = 13.5
| Jul precipitation days  = 11.3
| Aug precipitation days  = 12.3
| Sep precipitation days  = 10.3
| Oct precipitation days  = 11.0
| Nov precipitation days  = 10.2
| Dec precipitation days  = 12.5
| year precipitation days = 151.3

| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days  = 6.5
| Feb snow days  = 6.2
| Mar snow days  = 4.4
| Apr snow days  = 0.5
| May snow days  = 0.0
| Jun snow days  = 0.0
| Jul snow days  = 0.0
| Aug snow days  = 0.0
| Sep snow days  = 0.0
| Oct snow days  = 0.1
| Nov snow days  = 1.0
| Dec snow days  = 4.1
| year snow days = 22.8

| source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=lwx
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = October 14, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00464840&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = October 14, 2023}}</ref>
}}