Allen County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Allen County, Indiana, shaded from 580 ft on the south side to 970 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m870 ft 265 m820 ft 250 m730 ft 220 m630 ft 190 m580 ft 175 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Allen County averages about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the south side to 970 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
800 ft 245 m
all land inside the county
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the south side

Allen County spans about 390 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 land800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through Fort Wayne.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Allen County, Indiana, shaded from 580 ft on the south side to 970 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
399,295 2024 est.
Land area
657.1 sq mi + 2.8 sq mi water
Density
608 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes 63%, Gulf of America 38%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Noble County930 ft
  2. DeKalb County890 ft
  3. Whitley County870 ft
  4. Wells County840 ft
  5. Adams County830 ft
  6. Huntington County820 ft
  7. Allen County800 ft
  8. Van Wert County, OH790 ft
  9. Defiance County, OH730 ft
  10. Paulding County, OH730 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 34 towns in Allen County by typical elevation
  1. Lake Township850 ft
  2. Lake Everett850 ft
  3. Perry Township, Allen County850 ft
  4. Eel River Township840 ft
  5. Arcola840 ft
  6. Huntertown840 ft
  7. Aboite Township830 ft
  8. Hoagland830 ft
  9. Grabill820 ft
  10. Washington Township, Allen County820 ft
  11. Madison Township, Allen County820 ft
  12. Lafayette Township, Allen County820 ft
  13. Zanesville partly810 ft
  14. Cedar Creek Township810 ft
  15. Leo-Cedarville800 ft
  16. Maples800 ft
  17. Marion Township, Allen County800 ft
  18. Fort Wayne800 ft
  19. Pleasant Township, Allen County790 ft
  20. Monroeville790 ft
  21. St. Joseph Township790 ft
  22. Monroe Township, Allen County790 ft
  23. Springfield Township790 ft
  24. Hessen Cassel790 ft
  25. Wayne Township, Allen County790 ft
  26. Adams Township790 ft
  27. Harlan780 ft
  28. Jefferson Township, Allen County780 ft
  29. New Haven770 ft
  30. Jackson Township, Allen County760 ft
  31. Milan Township750 ft
  32. Scipio Township, Allen County750 ft
  33. Woodburn750 ft
  34. Maumee Township750 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, 460 ft at 40.9390° N, 85.0632° 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.