Putnam County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam County, Indiana, shaded from 570 ft on the southwest side to 1,000 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m730 ft 225 m630 ft 190 m570 ft 175 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

Putnam County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the southwest side to 1,000 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the north side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the southwest side

Putnam 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

27 mi south to north through Greencastle Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam County, Indiana, shaded from 570 ft on the southwest side to 1,000 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
37,804 2024 est.
Land area
480.5 sq mi + 2.2 sq mi water
Density
79 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. Hendricks County870 ft
  2. Montgomery County800 ft
  3. Putnam County790 ft
  4. Morgan County720 ft
  5. Owen County680 ft
  6. Parke County640 ft
  7. Clay County610 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Moser Hill930 ft
  • McCoy Hill928 ft
  • Hadden Hill910 ft
  • Snyder Hill880 ft
  • Sunset Hill (historical)870 ft
All 23 towns in Putnam County by typical elevation
  1. Bainbridge930 ft
  2. Monroe Township, Putnam County920 ft
  3. Jackson Township, Putnam County900 ft
  4. Groveland880 ft
  5. Heritage Lake860 ft
  6. Floyd Township860 ft
  7. Roachdale850 ft
  8. Franklin Township, Putnam County850 ft
  9. Greencastle840 ft
  10. Fillmore840 ft
  11. Marion Township, Putnam County830 ft
  12. Greencastle Township830 ft
  13. Russellville830 ft
  14. Russell Township820 ft
  15. Jefferson Township, Putnam County810 ft
  16. Clinton Township, Putnam County800 ft
  17. Van Bibber Lake790 ft
  18. Cloverdale780 ft
  19. Cloverdale Township780 ft
  20. Putnamville770 ft
  21. Warren Township, Putnam County770 ft
  22. Madison Township, Putnam County740 ft
  23. Washington Township, Putnam County690 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.