Madison County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison County, Indiana, shaded from 790 ft on the west side to 1,020 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m960 ft 290 m930 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m810 ft 250 m790 ft 240 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

Madison County averages about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 790 ft on the west side to 1,020 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
880 ft 270 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
790 ft 240 m
on the west side

Madison County spans about 230 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 land880 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
790 ft240 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Anderson Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison County, Indiana, shaded from 790 ft on the west side to 1,020 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
134,222 2024 est.
Land area
451.9 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
297 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. Henry County1,050 ft
  2. Delaware County940 ft
  3. Hancock County890 ft
  4. Tipton County880 ft
  5. Madison County880 ft
  6. Grant County860 ft
  7. Hamilton County850 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 31 towns in Madison County by typical elevation
  1. Markleville960 ft
  2. Adams Township, Madison County930 ft
  3. Union Township, Madison County910 ft
  4. Chesterfield910 ft
  5. Van Buren Township, Madison County890 ft
  6. Summitville890 ft
  7. Boone Township, Madison County890 ft
  8. Anderson880 ft
  9. Lafayette Township, Madison County880 ft
  10. Richland Township, Madison County880 ft
  11. Anderson Township880 ft
  12. Country Club Heights880 ft
  13. Edgewood870 ft
  14. Monroe Township870 ft
  15. Fall Creek Township, Madison County870 ft
  16. Orestes870 ft
  17. Alexandria870 ft
  18. River Forest870 ft
  19. Pendleton870 ft
  20. Duck Creek Township870 ft
  21. Stony Creek Township860 ft
  22. Elwood860 ft
  23. Pipe Creek Township860 ft
  24. Woodlawn Heights860 ft
  25. Green Township860 ft
  26. Ingalls860 ft
  27. Frankton860 ft
  28. Lapel860 ft
  29. Fishersburg850 ft
  30. Jackson Township, Madison County850 ft
  31. Perkinsville810 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, 660 ft at 40.0360° N, 85.7115° 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.