Benton, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the west side to 880 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
880 ft 270 m860 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m820 ft 250 m820 ft 250 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Benton sits at about 830 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
830 ft 255 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the west side
Highest
880 ft 265 m
on the northeast side
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Benton spans about 60 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
830 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
880 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Benton
830 ft255 m
Airport (GSH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
826 ft252 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the west side to 880 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Population
284 2020 Census
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
298 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5092° N, 85.7611° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Saint Joseph River
Airport
Goshen Municipal (GSH) 826 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Clinton Township, Elkhart County890 ft
  2. Millersburg890 ft
  3. Turkey Creek Township870 ft
  4. Syracuse860 ft
  5. Benton Township, Elkhart County860 ft
  6. Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County840 ft
  7. Benton830 ft
  8. Jackson Township, Elkhart County820 ft
  9. New Paris820 ft
  10. Elkhart Township800 ft
  11. Goshen800 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Buzzard Hill1,050 ft
  • Diamond Hill1,040 ft
  • The Knobs990 ft
  • Sugar Hill890 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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.
  • Benton is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.