Ripley County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ripley County, Indiana, shaded from 590 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m940 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m770 ft 235 m650 ft 200 m590 ft 180 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

Ripley County averages about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 590 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
940 ft 285 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the southeast side

Ripley County spans about 470 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 land940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,060 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
590 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

27 mi south to north through Batesville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ripley County, Indiana, shaded from 590 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
29,214 2024 est.
Land area
446.4 sq mi + 1.6 sq mi water
Density
65 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. Ripley County940 ft
  2. Franklin County920 ft
  3. Decatur County900 ft
  4. Dearborn County800 ft
  5. Switzerland County770 ft
  6. Jefferson County760 ft
  7. Ohio County730 ft
  8. Jennings County710 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hassmer Hill960 ft
All 25 towns in Ripley County by typical elevation
  1. Sunman1,020 ft
  2. Pierceville1,000 ft
  3. Milan990 ft
  4. Franklin Township, Ripley County990 ft
  5. Morris990 ft
  6. Adams Township, Ripley County980 ft
  7. Penntown980 ft
  8. Osgood980 ft
  9. Elrod980 ft
  10. Center Township, Ripley County980 ft
  11. Napoleon970 ft
  12. Washington Township, Ripley County970 ft
  13. Batesville970 ft
  14. Johnson Township, Ripley County970 ft
  15. Versailles970 ft
  16. Jackson Township, Ripley County970 ft
  17. Laughery Township970 ft
  18. Cross Plains960 ft
  19. Delaware Township, Ripley County950 ft
  20. Delaware940 ft
  21. Brown Township, Ripley County940 ft
  22. Shelby Township, Ripley County920 ft
  23. New Marion910 ft
  24. Otter Creek Township, Ripley County910 ft
  25. Holton910 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, 590 ft at 38.9501° N, 85.1332° 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.