Stanford, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stanford, Indiana, shaded from 710 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
890 ft 270 m850 ft 260 m820 ft 250 m780 ft 235 m730 ft 220 m710 ft 215 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Stanford sits at about 780 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
780 ft 235 m
most residents: 750–790 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the southwest side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on the northeast side
Average
780 ft 240 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Stanford spans about 180 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
780 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
710 ft215 m
Town center
USGS map point for Stanford
760 ft230 m
Airport (BMG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.4 mi northeast of the CDP boundary
846 ft258 m
Average of all land780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stanford, Indiana, shaded from 710 ft on the southwest side to 890 ft on the northeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Monroe County, Indiana, United States
Population
268 2020 Census
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
153 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0898° N, 86.6667° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Indian Creek → East Fork White River → White River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Monroe County (BMG) 846 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Van Buren Township840 ft
  2. Indian Creek Township, Monroe County790 ft
  3. Solsberry780 ft
  4. Stanford780 ft
  5. Perry Township, Monroe County770 ft
  6. Beech Creek Township740 ft
  7. Center Township, Greene County710 ft
  8. Clay Township, Owen County700 ft
  9. Harrodsburg660 ft
  10. Clear Creek Township660 ft
  11. Smithville-Sanders640 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tunnel Hill, Greene County850 ft
  • Red Hill840 ft
  • Jimmy Sexton Hill800 ft
  • Pike Hill770 ft
  • Depot Hill720 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Stanford is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.