Cross Plains, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cross Plains, Indiana, shaded from 910 ft on the west side to 980 ft on the north side
Elevation
980 ft 300 m960 ft 295 m950 ft 290 m940 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m920 ft 280 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
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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cross Plains sits at about 960 ft (290 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
960 ft 290 m
few residents
Lowest
910 ft 280 m
on the west side
Highest
980 ft 300 m
on the north side
Average
960 ft 290 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Cross Plains spans about 70 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
960 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
980 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
910 ft280 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cross Plains
960 ft295 m
Average of all land960 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cross Plains, Indiana, shaded from 910 ft on the west side to 980 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Ripley County, Indiana, United States
Population
47 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
98 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.9439° N, 85.2047° 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. Elrod980 ft
  2. Johnson Township, Ripley County970 ft
  3. Versailles970 ft
  4. Cross Plains960 ft
  5. Canaan950 ft
  6. Brown Township, Ripley County940 ft
  7. Shelby Township, Ripley County920 ft
  8. Pleasant Township, Switzerland County890 ft
  9. Shelby Township, Jefferson County850 ft
  10. Caesar Creek Township840 ft
  11. Pike Township, Ohio County810 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hassmer Hill960 ft
  • Potato Bug Hill930 ft
  • Mulford Hill920 ft
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.
  • Cross Plains 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.