Delaware County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware County, Indiana, shaded from 830 ft on the north side to 1,100 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,030 ft 315 m1,000 ft 305 m930 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m830 ft 255 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Delaware County averages about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 830 ft on the north side to 1,100 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
940 ft 285 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
830 ft 255 m
on the north side

Delaware County spans about 270 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 land940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
830 ft255 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Muncie.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware County, Indiana, shaded from 830 ft on the north side to 1,100 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
112,951 2024 est.
Land area
392.1 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
Density
288 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Randolph County1,090 ft
  2. Henry County1,050 ft
  3. Delaware County940 ft
  4. Jay County930 ft
  5. Blackford County900 ft
  6. Madison County880 ft
  7. Grant County860 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 23 towns in Delaware County by typical elevation
  1. Perry Township, Delaware County1,030 ft
  2. Windsor partly1,020 ft
  3. Oakville1,010 ft
  4. Selma1,000 ft
  5. Cowan990 ft
  6. Liberty Township, Delaware County990 ft
  7. Monroe Township, Delaware County980 ft
  8. Center Township, Delaware County950 ft
  9. Muncie940 ft
  10. Niles Township940 ft
  11. Delaware Township, Delaware County940 ft
  12. Albany940 ft
  13. Royerton930 ft
  14. Hamilton Township930 ft
  15. Yorktown920 ft
  16. Salem Township920 ft
  17. Harrison Township, Delaware County920 ft
  18. Eaton910 ft
  19. Union Township, Delaware County910 ft
  20. Daleville910 ft
  21. Chesterfield partly910 ft
  22. Gaston890 ft
  23. Washington Township, Delaware County890 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 750 ft at 40.2499° N, 85.3287° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.