Pendleton, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pendleton, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the west side
Elevation
890 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m860 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m830 ft 250 m820 ft 250 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pendleton sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 840–880 ft
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the southwest side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on the west side
Average
870 ft 265 m
all land inside town limits

Pendleton 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
870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the southwest side
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pendleton
840 ft255 m
Average of all land870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pendleton, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Madison County, Indiana, United States
Population
5,758 2024 est.
Land area
13.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
426 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.9975° N, 85.7466° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
White River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
46064
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Markleville960 ft
  2. Adams Township, Madison County930 ft
  3. Green Township, Hancock County890 ft
  4. Eden880 ft
  5. Fall Creek Township, Madison County870 ft
  6. Pendleton870 ft
  7. Stony Creek Township860 ft
  8. Green Township860 ft
  9. Ingalls860 ft
  10. Fortville860 ft
  11. Lapel860 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.