Posey County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Posey County, Indiana, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 590 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
590 ft 180 m520 ft 160 m490 ft 150 m430 ft 130 m360 ft 110 m330 ft 100 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
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Posey County averages about 410 ft (125 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 330 ft on the south side to 590 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
410 ft 125 m
all land inside the county
Highest
590 ft 180 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
330 ft 100 m
on the south side

Posey 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 land410 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
590 ft180 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
330 ft100 m

Elevation profile, south to north

21 mi south to north through Black Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Posey County, Indiana, shaded from 330 ft on the south side to 590 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
25,067 2024 est.
Land area
409.4 sq mi + 10.2 sq mi water
Density
61 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Interior Low Plateaus 69%, Central Lowland 31%
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. Gibson County440 ft
  2. Vanderburgh County420 ft
  3. Posey County410 ft
  4. Henderson County, KY400 ft
  5. White County, IL400 ft
  6. Union County, KY400 ft
  7. Gallatin County, IL390 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Aldrich Mound372 ft
  • Thompson Mound360 ft
All 20 towns in Posey County by typical elevation
  1. St. Wendel520 ft
  2. Stewartsville480 ft
  3. Wadesville470 ft
  4. Cynthiana460 ft
  5. Marrs Township450 ft
  6. Parkers Settlement450 ft
  7. Smith Township, Posey County450 ft
  8. Center Township, Posey County450 ft
  9. Robinson Township440 ft
  10. Lynn Township440 ft
  11. Robb Township430 ft
  12. Poseyville430 ft
  13. Black Township410 ft
  14. Mount Vernon400 ft
  15. Blairsville400 ft
  16. Bethel Township390 ft
  17. Griffin390 ft
  18. Harmony Township380 ft
  19. New Harmony380 ft
  20. Point Township360 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.
  • 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.