Harrison County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harrison County, Indiana, shaded from 390 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the north side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m830 ft 250 m750 ft 230 m610 ft 185 m460 ft 140 m390 ft 120 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

Harrison County averages about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 390 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
690 ft 210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the north side
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the southeast side

Harrison County spans about 580 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 land690 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
390 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Harrison Township, Harrison County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Harrison County, Indiana, shaded from 390 ft on the southeast side to 970 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
39,978 2024 est.
Land area
484.1 sq mi + 2.0 sq mi water
Density
83 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
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. Washington County760 ft
  2. Floyd County730 ft
  3. Hardin County, KY720 ft
  4. Harrison County690 ft
  5. Crawford County660 ft
  6. Meade County, KY650 ft
  7. Jefferson County, KY570 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hayes Hill940 ft
  • Reno Hill920 ft
  • Seigs Hill920 ft
  • Henry Ott Hill910 ft
  • Windell Hill900 ft
All 25 towns in Harrison County by typical elevation
  1. Franklin Township, Harrison County800 ft
  2. Morgan Township780 ft
  3. Palmyra770 ft
  4. Posey Township, Harrison County770 ft
  5. Elizabeth740 ft
  6. Lanesville740 ft
  7. Jackson Township, Harrison County730 ft
  8. New Salisbury720 ft
  9. Blue River Township, Harrison County720 ft
  10. Ramsey710 ft
  11. New Middletown700 ft
  12. Spencer Township, Harrison County690 ft
  13. Taylor Township, Harrison County680 ft
  14. Webster Township680 ft
  15. Crandall670 ft
  16. Harrison Township, Harrison County660 ft
  17. Laconia660 ft
  18. Boone Township, Harrison County660 ft
  19. Depauw650 ft
  20. Corydon650 ft
  21. Heth Township630 ft
  22. Milltown partly620 ft
  23. Washington Township, Harrison County620 ft
  24. New Amsterdam430 ft
  25. Mauckport430 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.
  • 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.