Owen County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Owen County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the southwest side to 930 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m830 ft 250 m770 ft 235 m660 ft 205 m560 ft 170 m500 ft 155 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

Owen County averages about 680 ft (205 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 500 ft on the southwest side to 930 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
680 ft 205 m
all land inside the county
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
500 ft 155 m
on the southwest side

Owen County spans about 430 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 land680 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
500 ft155 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Washington Township, Owen County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Owen County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the southwest side to 930 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
21,851 2024 est.
Land area
385.3 sq mi + 2.5 sq mi water
Density
57 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
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. Putnam County790 ft
  2. Monroe County740 ft
  3. Morgan County720 ft
  4. Owen County680 ft
  5. Clay County610 ft
  6. Greene County590 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hale Hill890 ft
  • Gaston Hill870 ft
  • Cooksey Hill870 ft
  • Sand Hill, Owen County810 ft
  • Keiser Hill, Owen County800 ft
All 17 towns in Owen County by typical elevation
  1. Harrison Township, Owen County820 ft
  2. Jennings Township, Owen County770 ft
  3. Taylor Township, Owen County760 ft
  4. Montgomery Township, Owen County730 ft
  5. Patricksburg730 ft
  6. Jackson Township, Owen County720 ft
  7. Morgan Township, Owen County710 ft
  8. Clay Township, Owen County700 ft
  9. Lafayette Township, Owen County680 ft
  10. Coal City660 ft
  11. Wayne Township, Owen County650 ft
  12. Gosport650 ft
  13. Marion Township, Owen County640 ft
  14. Washington Township, Owen County620 ft
  15. Jefferson Township, Owen County610 ft
  16. Franklin Township, Owen County600 ft
  17. Spencer560 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, 500 ft at 39.1704° N, 86.9818° 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.