Russell Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Russell Township, Indiana, shaded from 670 ft on the south side to 890 ft on the east side
Elevation
890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m810 ft 245 m760 ft 230 m700 ft 215 m670 ft 205 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Russell Township sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
820 ft 250 m
most residents: 750–830 ft
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the south side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on the east side
Average
790 ft 240 m
all land inside township boundaries

Russell Township spans about 220 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
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
670 ft205 m
Average of all land790 ft240 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Russell Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Russell Township, Indiana, shaded from 670 ft on the south side to 890 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Putnam County, Indiana, United States
Population
763 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi
Density
21 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.8408° N, 86.9747° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Little Raccoon Creek → Big Raccoon Creek → 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. Franklin Township, Putnam County850 ft
  2. Russellville830 ft
  3. Scott Township, Montgomery County820 ft
  4. Russell Township820 ft
  5. New Market800 ft
  6. Clinton Township, Putnam County800 ft
  7. Van Bibber Lake790 ft
  8. Brown Township, Montgomery County780 ft
  9. Waveland770 ft
  10. Greene Township, Parke County740 ft
  11. Union Township, Parke County720 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Hill, Putnam County870 ft
  • Hughes Hill830 ft
  • Truax Hill820 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).
  • 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.