Gibson County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gibson County, Indiana, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 640 ft on Bald Hill
Elevation
640 ft 195 m570 ft 175 m530 ft 165 m460 ft 140 m390 ft 120 m360 ft 110 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gibson County averages about 440 ft (135 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 360 ft on the southwest side to 640 ft on Bald Hill.

Average elevation
440 ft 135 m
all land inside the county
Highest
640 ft 195 m
on Bald Hill
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southwest side

Gibson County spans about 280 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 land440 ft135 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Bald Hill
640 ft195 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
360 ft110 m

Elevation profile, west to east

27 mi west to east through Patoka Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gibson County, Indiana, shaded from 360 ft on the southwest side to 640 ft on Bald Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
33,038 2024 est.
Land area
487.4 sq mi + 11.9 sq mi water
Density
68 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 67%, Interior Low Plateaus 33%
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. Pike County480 ft
  2. Knox County460 ft
  3. Gibson County440 ft
  4. Warrick County440 ft
  5. Wabash County, IL430 ft
  6. Vanderburgh County420 ft
  7. Posey County410 ft
  8. White County, IL400 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Bald Hill, Gibson County640 ft
  • Kennedy Hill620 ft
  • Wilson Hill620 ft
  • Moore Hill, Gibson County590 ft
  • Sand Hill, Gibson County470 ft
All 22 towns in Gibson County by typical elevation
  1. Owensville520 ft
  2. Princeton490 ft
  3. Patoka Township490 ft
  4. Montgomery Township480 ft
  5. Somerville480 ft
  6. Haubstadt470 ft
  7. Washington Township, Gibson County470 ft
  8. Johnson Township470 ft
  9. Center Township, Gibson County470 ft
  10. Oakland City470 ft
  11. Columbia Township, Gibson County460 ft
  12. Francisco460 ft
  13. Fort Branch460 ft
  14. Union Township, Gibson County450 ft
  15. Barton Township450 ft
  16. Mackey450 ft
  17. Hazleton450 ft
  18. Johnson440 ft
  19. White River Township, Gibson County430 ft
  20. Buckskin430 ft
  21. Patoka430 ft
  22. Wabash Township, Gibson County380 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, 260 ft at 38.3362° N, 87.4324° 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.