Rush County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rush County, Indiana, shaded from 830 ft on the south side to 1,130 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m1,060 ft 320 m1,020 ft 310 m940 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m830 ft 250 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

Rush County averages about 980 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 830 ft on the south side to 1,130 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
980 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the east side
Lowest
830 ft 250 m
on the south side

Rush County spans about 300 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 land980 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
830 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Rushville Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rush County, Indiana, shaded from 830 ft on the south side to 1,130 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
16,759 2024 est.
Land area
408.1 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
41 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. Henry County1,050 ft
  2. Rush County980 ft
  3. Fayette County970 ft
  4. Franklin County920 ft
  5. Decatur County900 ft
  6. Hancock County890 ft
  7. Shelby County790 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 20 towns in Rush County by typical elevation
  1. Glenwood1,080 ft
  2. Richland Township, Rush County1,050 ft
  3. Noble Township, Rush County1,040 ft
  4. Union Township, Rush County1,030 ft
  5. Mays1,010 ft
  6. Washington Township, Rush County1,010 ft
  7. Center Township, Rush County1,000 ft
  8. Jackson Township, Rush County980 ft
  9. Rushville980 ft
  10. Rushville Township980 ft
  11. Milroy960 ft
  12. Anderson Township, Rush County960 ft
  13. Orange Township, Rush County920 ft
  14. Posey Township, Rush County920 ft
  15. Arlington920 ft
  16. Homer910 ft
  17. Walker Township, Rush County900 ft
  18. Ripley Township890 ft
  19. Manilla890 ft
  20. Carthage880 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, 810 ft at 39.5018° N, 85.5426° 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.