Auburn, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Auburn, Indiana, shaded from 840 ft on the south side to 910 ft on the north side
Elevation
910 ft 275 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Auburn sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 860–890 ft
Lowest
840 ft 255 m
on the south side
Highest
910 ft 275 m
on the north side
Average
870 ft 265 m
all land inside city limits

Auburn spans about 70 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
910 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
840 ft255 m
Town center
USGS map point for Auburn
860 ft265 m
Airport (GWB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi south of the city limits
880 ft268 m
Average of all land870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Auburn, Indiana, shaded from 840 ft on the south side to 910 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in DeKalb County, Indiana, United States
Population
13,989 2024 est.
Land area
8.8 sq mi
Density
1,594 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.3670° N, 85.0589° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Maumee River
Airport
Auburn/Dekalb Exec (GWB) 880 ft
ZIP codes 1
46706
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Richland Township, DeKalb County930 ft
  2. Waterloo900 ft
  3. Grant Township900 ft
  4. Altona890 ft
  5. Keyser Township880 ft
  6. Garrett880 ft
  7. Union Township, DeKalb County870 ft
  8. Auburn870 ft
  9. Jackson Township, DeKalb County860 ft
  10. Butler Township860 ft
  11. Concord Township, DeKalb County830 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Hill, Noble County1,080 ft
  • Baby Mountain1,020 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).
  • 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, 840 ft at 41.3465° N, 85.0585° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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. All public domain.