New Albany, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Albany, Indiana, shaded from 390 ft near the middle to 750 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Elevation
750 ft 230 m660 ft 200 m620 ft 190 m530 ft 160 m440 ft 135 m390 ft 120 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

New Albany sits at about 470 ft (145 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
470 ft 145 m
most residents: 450–540 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
near the middle
Highest
750 ft 230 m
on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
Average
490 ft 150 m
all land inside city limits

New Albany spans about 360 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
470 ft145 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
750 ft230 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
390 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Albany
450 ft140 m
Airport (SDF)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.0 mi southeast of the city limits
501 ft153 m
Average of all land490 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Albany, Indiana, shaded from 390 ft near the middle to 750 ft on the north edge, below higher ground just outside
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Floyd County, Indiana, United States
Population
37,652 2024 est.
Land area
15.6 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
2,416 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2856° N, 85.8241° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Louisville Muhammad Ali International (SDF) 501 ft
ZIP codes 1
47150
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.