Columbia City, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia City, Indiana, shaded from 800 ft on the east side to 890 ft on the north side
Elevation
890 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m860 ft 260 m830 ft 255 m810 ft 245 m800 ft 245 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
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Elevation Data

Columbia City sits at about 860 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 260 m
most residents: 830–880 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the east side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on the north side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside city limits

Columbia City spans about 90 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
860 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
800 ft245 m
Town center
USGS map point for Columbia City
860 ft260 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.1 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia City, Indiana, shaded from 800 ft on the east side to 890 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Whitley County, Indiana, United States
Population
10,185 2024 est.
Land area
6.2 sq mi
Density
1,642 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1573° N, 85.4883° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Eel River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
46725
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Larwill960 ft
  2. Thorncreek Township910 ft
  3. Tri-Lakes910 ft
  4. Richland Township, Whitley County900 ft
  5. Big Lake900 ft
  6. Laud870 ft
  7. Columbia City860 ft
  8. Columbia Township860 ft
  9. Coesse850 ft
  10. Washington Township, Whitley County840 ft
  11. Union Township, Whitley County840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dunham Hill950 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, 800 ft at 41.1518° N, 85.4501° 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.