Howard County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Howard County, Indiana, shaded from 700 ft on the west side to 900 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
900 ft 275 m850 ft 260 m820 ft 250 m780 ft 235 m730 ft 220 m700 ft 215 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

Howard County averages about 830 ft (250 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the west side to 900 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
830 ft 250 m
all land inside the county
Highest
900 ft 275 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the west side

Howard County spans about 200 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 land830 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
900 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, west to east

27 mi west to east through Kokomo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Howard County, Indiana, shaded from 700 ft on the west side to 900 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
84,082 2024 est.
Land area
293.1 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
287 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. Tipton County880 ft
  2. Grant County860 ft
  3. Clinton County850 ft
  4. Howard County830 ft
  5. Miami County780 ft
  6. Cass County730 ft
  7. Carroll County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 20 towns in Howard County by typical elevation
  1. Hemlock860 ft
  2. Taylor Township850 ft
  3. Union Township, Howard County850 ft
  4. Jackson Township, Howard County850 ft
  5. Honey Creek Township, Howard County850 ft
  6. Jerome850 ft
  7. Russiaville840 ft
  8. Center840 ft
  9. Liberty Township, Howard County840 ft
  10. Greentown840 ft
  11. Harrison Township, Howard County840 ft
  12. Cassville830 ft
  13. Howard Township830 ft
  14. New London820 ft
  15. Kokomo820 ft
  16. West Middleton820 ft
  17. Center Township, Howard County820 ft
  18. Clay Township, Howard County810 ft
  19. Monroe Township, Howard County810 ft
  20. Ervin Township780 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, 650 ft at 40.4724° N, 86.1818° 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.