Cotton Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cotton Township, Indiana, shaded from 590 ft on the east side to 930 ft near the middle
Elevation
930 ft 285 m850 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m720 ft 220 m640 ft 195 m590 ft 180 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Cotton Township 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: 820–900 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the east side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
near the middle
Average
860 ft 260 m
all land inside township boundaries

Cotton Township spans about 340 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 township boundaries, near the middle
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
590 ft180 m
Average of all land860 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.0 mi south to north through the middle of Cotton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cotton Township, Indiana, shaded from 590 ft on the east side to 930 ft near the middle
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Switzerland County, Indiana, United States
Population
1,848 2024 est.
Land area
36.0 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
51 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8652° N, 85.0094° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. East Enterprise890 ft
  2. Cotton Township870 ft
  3. Cass Township, Ohio County860 ft
  4. Pike Township, Ohio County810 ft
  5. Union Township, Ohio County750 ft
  6. York Township, Switzerland County740 ft
  7. Posey Township, Switzerland County690 ft
  8. Warsaw, KY490 ft
  9. Jefferson Township, Switzerland County490 ft
  10. Vevay480 ft
  11. Florence480 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Potato Bug Hill930 ft
  • Mulford Hill920 ft
  • Henschen Hill860 ft
  • Powell Hill840 ft
  • Wade Hill820 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.