New Chicago, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Chicago, Indiana, shaded from 590 ft on the northeast side to 660 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
660 ft 200 m640 ft 195 m640 ft 195 m620 ft 190 m600 ft 185 m590 ft 180 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.
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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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

New Chicago sits at about 630 ft (195 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
630 ft 195 m
most residents: 600–640 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the northeast side
Highest
660 ft 200 m
on the southwest side
Average
630 ft 190 m
all land inside town limits

New Chicago spans about 70 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
630 ft195 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
660 ft200 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the northeast side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for New Chicago
630 ft190 m
Airport (3HO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.2 mi east of the town limits
630 ft192 m
Average of all land630 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of New Chicago, Indiana, shaded from 590 ft on the northeast side to 660 ft on the southwest side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Lake County, Indiana, United States
Population
1,976 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
2,936 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5584° N, 87.2745° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Hobart Sky Ranch (3HO) 630 ft
ZIP codes 1
46342
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wheeler670 ft
  2. Merrillville650 ft
  3. Portage Township, Porter County640 ft
  4. Portage630 ft
  5. New Chicago630 ft
  6. Ross630 ft
  7. Hobart630 ft
  8. Hobart Township630 ft
  9. Lake Station620 ft
  10. Calumet Township610 ft
  11. Gary610 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Tom, Porter County750 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town 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 town 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 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.