Newton County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newton County, Indiana, shaded from 630 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
890 ft 270 m820 ft 250 m790 ft 240 m720 ft 220 m660 ft 200 m630 ft 190 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
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Elevation Data

Newton County averages about 670 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 630 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
670 ft 205 m
all land inside the county
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
630 ft 190 m
on the southwest side

Newton County spans about 260 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 land670 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
630 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

32 mi south to north through Lincoln Township, Newton County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Newton County, Indiana, shaded from 630 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
14,131 2024 est.
Land area
401.8 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
35 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
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. Benton County760 ft
  2. Jasper County680 ft
  3. Newton County670 ft
  4. Iroquois County, IL670 ft
  5. Lake County660 ft
  6. Kankakee County, IL650 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Newton County by typical elevation
  1. Goodland720 ft
  2. Grant Township, Newton County720 ft
  3. Mount Ayr700 ft
  4. Jackson Township, Newton County700 ft
  5. Morocco690 ft
  6. Beaver Township690 ft
  7. Roselawn680 ft
  8. Kentland680 ft
  9. Lincoln Township, Newton County680 ft
  10. Jefferson Township, Newton County680 ft
  11. Colfax Township670 ft
  12. McClellan Township670 ft
  13. Lake Village660 ft
  14. Washington Township, Newton County660 ft
  15. Lake Township, Newton County650 ft
  16. Iroquois Township650 ft
  17. Brook650 ft
  18. Thayer640 ft
  19. Sumava Resorts630 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, 530 ft at 40.7646° N, 87.3957° 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.