Cowan, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cowan, Indiana, shaded from 980 ft on the northwest side to 1,000 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m1,010 ft 305 m1,000 ft 305 m1,000 ft 305 m990 ft 300 m980 ft 300 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
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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

Cowan sits at about 990 ft (300 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
990 ft 300 m
few residents
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the southwest side
Average
990 ft 300 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cowan is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
990 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
980 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cowan
990 ft305 m
Average of all land990 ft300 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cowan, Indiana, shaded from 980 ft on the northwest side to 1,000 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Delaware County, Indiana, United States
Population
46 2020 Census
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
127 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.1059° N, 85.3886° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
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. Mount Summit1,090 ft
  2. Springport1,060 ft
  3. Jefferson Township, Henry County1,060 ft
  4. Perry Township, Delaware County1,030 ft
  5. Oakville1,010 ft
  6. Cowan990 ft
  7. Monroe Township, Delaware County980 ft
  8. Center Township, Delaware County950 ft
  9. Muncie940 ft
  10. Yorktown920 ft
  11. Salem Township920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Cowan 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.