Hamilton County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hamilton County, Indiana, shaded from 700 ft on the south side to 980 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
980 ft 300 m910 ft 275 m870 ft 265 m800 ft 245 m730 ft 225 m700 ft 210 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

Hamilton County averages about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the south side to 980 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
850 ft 260 m
all land inside the county
Highest
980 ft 300 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
700 ft 210 m
on the south side

Hamilton 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 land850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
980 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
700 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

20 mi west to east through Fishers.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hamilton County, Indiana, shaded from 700 ft on the south side to 980 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
379,704 2024 est.
Land area
394.4 sq mi + 8.1 sq mi water
Density
963 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. Boone County920 ft
  2. Hancock County890 ft
  3. Tipton County880 ft
  4. Madison County880 ft
  5. Clinton County850 ft
  6. Hamilton County850 ft
  7. Marion County790 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 18 towns in Hamilton County by typical elevation
  1. Sheridan940 ft
  2. Hortonville940 ft
  3. Westfield Washington Township890 ft
  4. Westfield890 ft
  5. Atlanta860 ft
  6. Arcadia860 ft
  7. Carmel840 ft
  8. Clay Township840 ft
  9. Jackson Township, Hamilton County840 ft
  10. Cicero830 ft
  11. Fall Creek Township830 ft
  12. Fishers820 ft
  13. White River Township, Hamilton County820 ft
  14. Wayne Township, Hamilton County810 ft
  15. Delaware Township810 ft
  16. Noblesville810 ft
  17. Noblesville Township800 ft
  18. Riverwood780 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, 490 ft at 39.9324° N, 86.0835° 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.