Dearborn County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dearborn County, Indiana, shaded from 450 ft on the east side to 1,040 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,040 ft 315 m890 ft 270 m820 ft 250 m670 ft 205 m520 ft 160 m450 ft 135 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dearborn County averages about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 450 ft on the east side to 1,040 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
800 ft 245 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,040 ft 315 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
450 ft 135 m
on the east side

Dearborn County spans about 590 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,040 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
450 ft135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

14 mi west to east through Lawrenceburg Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dearborn County, Indiana, shaded from 450 ft on the east side to 1,040 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
51,435 2024 est.
Land area
305.1 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
169 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 97%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Ripley County940 ft
  2. Franklin County920 ft
  3. Dearborn County800 ft
  4. Boone County, KY760 ft
  5. Ohio County730 ft
  6. Hamilton County, OH710 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Round Hill1,000 ft
  • Harrison Hill950 ft
  • Whites Hill940 ft
  • Mulford Hill920 ft
  • Ludlow Hill850 ft
All 24 towns in Dearborn County by typical elevation
  1. Moores Hill1,000 ft
  2. Jackson Township, Dearborn County990 ft
  3. St. Leon980 ft
  4. Kelso Township960 ft
  5. Sparta Township910 ft
  6. Bright900 ft
  7. Manchester900 ft
  8. Logan Township880 ft
  9. Manchester Township880 ft
  10. Dillsboro870 ft
  11. Clay Township, Dearborn County860 ft
  12. Caesar Creek Township840 ft
  13. Harrison Township, Dearborn County830 ft
  14. York Township, Dearborn County810 ft
  15. Miller Township750 ft
  16. Hidden Valley730 ft
  17. Washington Township, Dearborn County730 ft
  18. Hogan Township720 ft
  19. Lawrenceburg680 ft
  20. Center Township, Dearborn County620 ft
  21. Lawrenceburg Township540 ft
  22. Aurora540 ft
  23. Greendale530 ft
  24. West Harrison510 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.