Black Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Black Township, Indiana, shaded from 340 ft on the west side to 550 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
550 ft 170 m500 ft 150 m470 ft 145 m420 ft 130 m370 ft 110 m340 ft 105 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

Black Township sits at about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
410 ft 125 m
most residents: 380–450 ft
Lowest
340 ft 105 m
on the west side
Highest
550 ft 170 m
on the northeast side
Average
390 ft 120 m
all land inside township boundaries

Black Township spans about 210 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
410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
550 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
340 ft105 m
Average of all land390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the middle of Black Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Black Township, Indiana, shaded from 340 ft on the west side to 550 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Posey County, Indiana, United States
Population
8,849 2024 est.
Land area
86.7 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
102 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.9438° N, 87.8986° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
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. Marrs Township450 ft
  2. Parkers Settlement450 ft
  3. Center Township, Posey County450 ft
  4. Robinson Township440 ft
  5. Lynn Township440 ft
  6. Black Township410 ft
  7. Mount Vernon400 ft
  8. Blairsville400 ft
  9. Maunie, IL370 ft
  10. Point Township360 ft
  11. Uniontown, KY360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Aldrich Mound372 ft
  • Thompson Mound360 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.