Maxwell, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Maxwell, Indiana, shaded from 880 ft on the east side to 920 ft on the north side
Elevation
920 ft 280 m910 ft 275 m900 ft 275 m890 ft 275 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Maxwell sits at about 910 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
910 ft 275 m
most residents: 900–910 ft
Lowest
880 ft 270 m
on the east side
Highest
920 ft 280 m
on the north side
Average
900 ft 275 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Maxwell spans about 40 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
910 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
920 ft280 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
880 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Maxwell
910 ft280 m
Airport (MQJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi west of the CDP boundary
862 ft263 m
Average of all land900 ft275 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Maxwell, Indiana, shaded from 880 ft on the east side to 920 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hancock County, Indiana, United States
Population
173 2020 Census
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
237 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.8575° N, 85.7700° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Sugar Creek → East Fork White River → White River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Indianapolis Regional (MQJ) 862 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Jackson Township, Hancock County950 ft
  2. Willow Branch930 ft
  3. Maxwell910 ft
  4. Center Township, Hancock County890 ft
  5. Greenfield890 ft
  6. Green Township, Hancock County890 ft
  7. Eden880 ft
  8. Ingalls860 ft
  9. Fortville860 ft
  10. Philadelphia850 ft
  11. Spring Lake840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hog Back850 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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.
  • Maxwell is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.