St. Joseph County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, shaded from 660 ft on the north side to 930 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
930 ft 280 m860 ft 260 m830 ft 250 m760 ft 230 m690 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

St. Joseph County averages about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 660 ft on the north side to 930 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
770 ft 235 m
all land inside the county
Highest
930 ft 280 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
660 ft 200 m
on the north side

St. Joseph County spans about 270 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 land770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
930 ft280 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
660 ft200 m

Elevation profile, south to north

19 mi south to north through South Bend.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of St. Joseph County, Indiana, shaded from 660 ft on the north side to 930 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
273,744 2024 est.
Land area
457.8 sq mi + 3.6 sq mi water
Density
598 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 63%, Great Lakes 33%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cass County, MI840 ft
  2. Elkhart County830 ft
  3. Marshall County800 ft
  4. St. Joseph County770 ft
  5. LaPorte County730 ft
  6. Starke County700 ft
  7. Berrien County, MI690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Vargo Hill890 ft
  • Reeves Hill880 ft
All 28 towns in St. Joseph County by typical elevation
  1. Centre Township850 ft
  2. Union Township, St. Joseph County840 ft
  3. Lakeville840 ft
  4. Madison Township, St. Joseph County830 ft
  5. Wyatt830 ft
  6. Gilmer Park830 ft
  7. New Carlisle810 ft
  8. Granger800 ft
  9. Olive Township790 ft
  10. Harris Township790 ft
  11. German Township770 ft
  12. Greene Township750 ft
  13. Ardmore750 ft
  14. Clay Township, St. Joseph County750 ft
  15. Chain-O-Lakes740 ft
  16. Penn Township740 ft
  17. Warren Township, St. Joseph County740 ft
  18. Mishawaka740 ft
  19. Osceola730 ft
  20. Notre Dame730 ft
  21. South Bend730 ft
  22. North Liberty730 ft
  23. Liberty Township, St. Joseph County730 ft
  24. Indian Village730 ft
  25. Portage Township730 ft
  26. Roseland720 ft
  27. Walkerton720 ft
  28. Lincoln Township, St. Joseph County720 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, 650 ft at 41.7207° N, 86.2710° 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.