Benton Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton Township, Indiana, shaded from 550 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the north side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m870 ft 265 m810 ft 250 m710 ft 215 m600 ft 185 m550 ft 165 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Benton Township sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 670–840 ft
Lowest
550 ft 165 m
on the southeast side
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the north side
Average
760 ft 230 m
all land inside township boundaries

Benton Township spans about 420 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
740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
550 ft165 m
Average of all land760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

12 mi south to north through the middle of Benton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton Township, Indiana, shaded from 550 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Monroe County, Indiana, United States
Population
3,255 2024 est.
Land area
54.9 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
59 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.2267° N, 86.4380° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Beanblossom Creek → White River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bloomington Township810 ft
  2. Bloomington800 ft
  3. Richland Township790 ft
  4. Jackson Township, Brown County790 ft
  5. Perry Township, Monroe County770 ft
  6. Ellettsville760 ft
  7. Benton Township740 ft
  8. Washington Township, Monroe County720 ft
  9. Helmsburg700 ft
  10. Salt Creek Township680 ft
  11. Nashville670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Maple Hill950 ft
  • Bald Knob, Monroe County890 ft
  • Jimmy Sexton Hill800 ft
  • High King Hill790 ft
  • Pike Hill770 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.