Madison Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison Township, Indiana, shaded from 430 ft near the middle to 930 ft on the north side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m800 ft 245 m740 ft 225 m610 ft 185 m490 ft 150 m430 ft 130 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Madison Township sits at about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
850 ft 260 m
most residents: 490–910 ft
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
near the middle
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the north side
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside township boundaries

Madison Township spans about 500 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
430 ft130 m
Town center
USGS map point for Madison Township
490 ft150 m
Airport (IMS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi west of the township boundaries
819 ft250 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison Township, Indiana, shaded from 430 ft near the middle to 930 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States
Population
17,851 2024 est.
Land area
57.4 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
311 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.7359° N, 85.3800° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Madison Regional (IMS) 819 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Monroe Township, Jefferson County880 ft
  2. Milton, KY870 ft
  3. Madison850 ft
  4. Madison Township850 ft
  5. Hanover790 ft
  6. Hanover Township, Jefferson County790 ft
  7. Smyrna Township780 ft
  8. Saluda Township760 ft
  9. Kent710 ft
  10. Milton Township630 ft
  11. Brooksburg470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Potato Bug Hill930 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 420 ft at 38.7376° N, 85.4013° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.