Galena, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Galena, Indiana, shaded from 680 ft on the northwest side to 860 ft on the east side
Elevation
860 ft 260 m810 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m750 ft 230 m700 ft 215 m680 ft 210 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Galena sits at about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
770 ft 235 m
most residents: 750–830 ft
Lowest
680 ft 210 m
on the northwest side
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on the east side
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Galena spans about 180 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
770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
680 ft210 m
Town center
USGS map point for Galena
810 ft250 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Galena, Indiana, shaded from 680 ft on the northwest side to 860 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Floyd County, Indiana, United States
Population
1,726 2020 Census
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
646 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3517° N, 85.9416° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Indian Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
47119 47124
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Floyds Knobs900 ft
  2. Martinsburg890 ft
  3. Lafayette Township890 ft
  4. Georgetown Township820 ft
  5. Greenville800 ft
  6. Greenville Township800 ft
  7. Georgetown780 ft
  8. Galena770 ft
  9. Wood Township750 ft
  10. New Albany Township480 ft
  11. New Albany470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Knob, Floyd County1,010 ft
  • Hickman Hill1,000 ft
  • Spickert Knob960 ft
  • Lost Knob950 ft
  • Pine Hill770 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.
  • Galena 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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.