Shelby County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelby County, Indiana, shaded from 660 ft on the southwest side to 940 ft on the north side
Elevation
940 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m840 ft 255 m770 ft 235 m700 ft 210 m660 ft 200 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

Shelby County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 660 ft on the southwest side to 940 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the north side
Lowest
660 ft 200 m
on the southwest side

Shelby County spans about 280 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
940 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
660 ft200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

17 mi west to east through Addison Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelby County, Indiana, shaded from 660 ft on the southwest side to 940 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
45,654 2024 est.
Land area
411.1 sq mi + 1.6 sq mi water
Density
111 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. Rush County980 ft
  2. Decatur County900 ft
  3. Hancock County890 ft
  4. Shelby County790 ft
  5. Marion County790 ft
  6. Johnson County770 ft
  7. Bartholomew County680 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hog Back850 ft
  • McFarren Hill850 ft
  • McCrea Hill820 ft
  • Money Hill800 ft
All 30 towns in Shelby County by typical elevation
  1. Gwynneville910 ft
  2. Blue Ridge880 ft
  3. Union Township, Shelby County860 ft
  4. Hanover Township, Shelby County860 ft
  5. St. Paul partly850 ft
  6. Fountaintown850 ft
  7. Van Buren Township, Shelby County840 ft
  8. Morristown840 ft
  9. Liberty Township, Shelby County830 ft
  10. Waldron820 ft
  11. Noble Township, Shelby County810 ft
  12. Marion Township, Shelby County800 ft
  13. Pleasant View800 ft
  14. Moral Township800 ft
  15. Marion, Shelby County790 ft
  16. Geneva, Shelby County780 ft
  17. London780 ft
  18. Brandywine Township, Shelby County780 ft
  19. Fairland770 ft
  20. Addison Township770 ft
  21. Shelbyville770 ft
  22. Shelby Township, Shelby County770 ft
  23. Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County760 ft
  24. Boggstown750 ft
  25. Jackson Township, Shelby County740 ft
  26. Hendricks Township730 ft
  27. Washington Township, Shelby County720 ft
  28. Marietta720 ft
  29. Flat Rock690 ft
  30. Edinburgh partly670 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, 580 ft at 39.3638° N, 85.8076° 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.