Delaware, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware, Indiana, shaded from 880 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
990 ft 305 m970 ft 295 m950 ft 290 m920 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 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

Delaware sits at about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
940 ft 285 m
most residents: 910–960 ft
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the west side
Highest
990 ft 305 m
on the southeast side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Delaware spans about 110 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
940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
990 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
880 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Delaware
930 ft280 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.4 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware, Indiana, shaded from 880 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the southeast 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
183 2020 Census
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
101 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.1478° N, 85.2072° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Laughery Creek → 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. Moores Hill1,000 ft
  2. Pierceville1,000 ft
  3. Milan990 ft
  4. Franklin Township, Ripley County990 ft
  5. Osgood980 ft
  6. Center Township, Ripley County980 ft
  7. Washington Township, Ripley County970 ft
  8. Johnson Township, Ripley County970 ft
  9. Versailles970 ft
  10. Delaware Township, Ripley County950 ft
  11. Delaware940 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Round Hill1,000 ft
  • Hassmer Hill960 ft
  • Mulford Hill920 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 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.
  • Delaware 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.