Sims Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sims Township, Indiana, shaded from 800 ft on the north side to 870 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m850 ft 260 m830 ft 250 m810 ft 245 m800 ft 245 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

Sims Township sits at about 860 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
860 ft 265 m
most residents: 850–870 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the north side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the southeast side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside township boundaries

Sims Township spans about 70 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
860 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
800 ft245 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sims Township
860 ft260 m
Airport (MZZ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.6 mi east of the township boundaries
859 ft262 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sims Township, Indiana, shaded from 800 ft on the north side to 870 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Grant County, Indiana, United States
Population
1,669 2024 est.
Land area
24.1 sq mi
Density
69 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.4998° N, 85.8553° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Pipe Creek → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Marion Municipal - Mckinney Field (MZZ) 859 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Point Isabel880 ft
  2. Green Township, Grant County870 ft
  3. Swayzee860 ft
  4. Sims Township860 ft
  5. Sims860 ft
  6. Herbst860 ft
  7. Union Township, Howard County850 ft
  8. Jackson Township, Howard County850 ft
  9. Jerome850 ft
  10. Converse830 ft
  11. Mier820 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.