Ripley Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ripley Township, Indiana, shaded from 840 ft on the southwest side to 990 ft on the east side
Elevation
990 ft 300 m950 ft 290 m940 ft 285 m900 ft 275 m860 ft 260 m840 ft 255 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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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ripley Township sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 870–960 ft
Lowest
840 ft 255 m
on the southwest side
Highest
990 ft 300 m
on the east side
Average
930 ft 285 m
all land inside township boundaries

Ripley Township spans about 150 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
890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
990 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
840 ft255 m
Average of all land930 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Ripley Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ripley Township, Indiana, shaded from 840 ft on the southwest side to 990 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Rush County, Indiana, United States
Population
2,057 2024 est.
Land area
35.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
58 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.7444° N, 85.5703° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Blue River → East Fork White River → White River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Center Township, Rush County1,000 ft
  2. Charlottesville950 ft
  3. Jackson Township, Hancock County950 ft
  4. Wayne Township, Henry County940 ft
  5. Knightstown930 ft
  6. Posey Township, Rush County920 ft
  7. Arlington920 ft
  8. Gwynneville910 ft
  9. Blue River Township, Hancock County900 ft
  10. Ripley Township890 ft
  11. Carthage880 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 township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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, 840 ft at 39.7085° N, 85.6290° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.