Scott County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Indiana, shaded from 520 ft on the west side to 1,030 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m900 ft 275 m840 ft 255 m710 ft 215 m580 ft 180 m520 ft 160 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Scott County averages about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 520 ft on the west side to 1,030 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
620 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,030 ft 310 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
520 ft 160 m
on the west side

Scott County spans about 510 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 land620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,030 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
520 ft160 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through Vienna Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Indiana, shaded from 520 ft on the west side to 1,030 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
24,751 2024 est.
Land area
190.4 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
130 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 93%
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. Jefferson County760 ft
  2. Washington County760 ft
  3. Jennings County710 ft
  4. Jackson County620 ft
  5. Clark County620 ft
  6. Scott County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Rock Knob960 ft
  • Oak Knob940 ft
All 8 towns in Scott County by typical elevation
  1. Blocher680 ft
  2. Lexington Township640 ft
  3. Johnson Township, Scott County620 ft
  4. Finley Township610 ft
  5. Vienna Township570 ft
  6. Scottsburg570 ft
  7. Jennings Township560 ft
  8. Austin560 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, 450 ft at 38.6860° N, 85.6562° 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.