Adams County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adams County, Indiana, shaded from 760 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
890 ft 275 m860 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m810 ft 245 m780 ft 235 m760 ft 230 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Adams County averages about 830 ft (250 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 760 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
830 ft 250 m
all land inside the county
Highest
890 ft 275 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the southwest side

Adams County spans about 130 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land830 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
890 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Decatur.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adams County, Indiana, shaded from 760 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
36,584 2024 est.
Land area
338.9 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
108 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes 75%, Gulf of America 25%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Jay County930 ft
  2. Mercer County, OH890 ft
  3. Wells County840 ft
  4. Adams County830 ft
  5. Allen County800 ft
  6. Van Wert County, OH790 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Adams County by typical elevation
  1. Berne860 ft
  2. French Township860 ft
  3. Jefferson Township, Adams County850 ft
  4. Wabash Township, Adams County850 ft
  5. Geneva840 ft
  6. Hartford Township840 ft
  7. Monroe Township, Adams County830 ft
  8. Linn Grove830 ft
  9. Kirkland Township830 ft
  10. Union Township, Adams County830 ft
  11. Monroe820 ft
  12. Blue Creek Township820 ft
  13. Preble810 ft
  14. Preble Township810 ft
  15. St. Marys Township800 ft
  16. Washington Township, Adams County800 ft
  17. Decatur800 ft
  18. Root Township800 ft
  19. Pleasant Mills800 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 610 ft at 40.7413° N, 84.8287° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.