Otter Lake, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Otter Lake, Indiana, shaded from 930 ft near the middle to 1,010 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,010 ft 310 m990 ft 300 m980 ft 300 m960 ft 295 m940 ft 285 m930 ft 285 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

Otter Lake sits at about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
980 ft 300 m
most residents: 950–980 ft
Lowest
930 ft 285 m
near the middle
Highest
1,010 ft 310 m
on the south side
Average
960 ft 295 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Otter Lake spans about 80 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
980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,010 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
930 ft285 m
Town center
USGS map point for Otter Lake
960 ft290 m
Airport (ANQ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi east of the CDP boundary
995 ft303 m
Average of all land960 ft295 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Otter Lake, Indiana, shaded from 930 ft near the middle to 1,010 ft on the south side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Steuben County, Indiana, United States
Population
139 2020 Census
Land area
0.5 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
278 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.6395° N, 85.1647° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Pigeon Creek → Pigeon River → Saint Joseph River
Airport
Tri-State Steuben County (ANQ) 995 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Holiday Woods1,000 ft
  2. Jackson Township, Steuben County980 ft
  3. Otter Lake980 ft
  4. Milford Township980 ft
  5. Salem Township, Steuben County970 ft
  6. Millgrove Township960 ft
  7. Orland960 ft
  8. Springfield Township, LaGrange County960 ft
  9. Wall Lake950 ft
  10. Wildwood940 ft
  11. Stroh930 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sand Hill, Noble County1,080 ft
  • The Knob1,030 ft
  • Baby Mountain1,020 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.
  • Otter Lake 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.