Philadelphia, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Philadelphia, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the west side to 860 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
860 ft 260 m850 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m830 ft 255 m820 ft 250 m820 ft 250 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

Philadelphia sits at about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
850 ft 260 m
most residents: 840–850 ft
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the west side
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on the southeast side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Philadelphia spans about 40 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
850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Philadelphia
850 ft260 m
Airport (MQJ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.6 mi northwest of the CDP boundary
862 ft263 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Philadelphia, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the west side to 860 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Hancock County, Indiana, United States
Population
150 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
435 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7814° N, 85.8455° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Sugar Creek → East Fork White River → White River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Indianapolis Regional (MQJ) 862 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maxwell910 ft
  2. Center Township, Hancock County890 ft
  3. Greenfield890 ft
  4. Brandywine Township860 ft
  5. Buck Creek Township860 ft
  6. Cumberland850 ft
  7. Philadelphia850 ft
  8. Spring Lake840 ft
  9. Sugar Creek Township840 ft
  10. Carrollton840 ft
  11. New Palestine830 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hog Back850 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.
  • Philadelphia 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.