Jackson County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the southwest side to 980 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
980 ft 295 m860 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m680 ft 205 m560 ft 170 m500 ft 150 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

Jackson County averages about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 500 ft on the southwest side to 980 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
620 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
980 ft 295 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
500 ft 150 m
on the southwest side

Jackson County spans about 480 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 land620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
980 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
500 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through Jackson Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the southwest side to 980 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
47,420 2024 est.
Land area
510.0 sq mi + 3.9 sq mi water
Density
93 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Interior Low Plateaus 83%, Central Lowland 17%
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. Brown County760 ft
  2. Washington County760 ft
  3. Monroe County740 ft
  4. Jennings County710 ft
  5. Bartholomew County680 ft
  6. Lawrence County660 ft
  7. Jackson County620 ft
  8. Scott County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pinnacle950 ft
  • Hominy Mortar830 ft
All 21 towns in Jackson County by typical elevation
  1. Owen Township820 ft
  2. Pershing Township710 ft
  3. Salt Creek Township, Jackson County660 ft
  4. Freetown650 ft
  5. Reddington640 ft
  6. Rockford620 ft
  7. Brownstown Township610 ft
  8. Brownstown610 ft
  9. Redding Township610 ft
  10. Seymour590 ft
  11. Jackson Township590 ft
  12. Hamilton Township, Jackson County580 ft
  13. Washington Township, Jackson County570 ft
  14. Driftwood Township570 ft
  15. Cortland560 ft
  16. Crothersville560 ft
  17. Vernon Township, Jackson County560 ft
  18. Grassy Fork Township550 ft
  19. Vallonia540 ft
  20. Carr Township, Jackson County530 ft
  21. Medora530 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.