Sterling Township, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sterling Township, Indiana, shaded from 440 ft on the south side to 910 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
910 ft 275 m790 ft 240 m730 ft 225 m620 ft 190 m500 ft 155 m440 ft 135 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sterling Township sits at about 680 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
680 ft 210 m
most residents: 520–770 ft
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the south side
Highest
910 ft 275 m
on the northeast side
Average
670 ft 205 m
all land inside township boundaries

Sterling Township spans about 470 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
680 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
910 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
440 ft135 m
Average of all land670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.0 mi south to north through the middle of Sterling Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sterling Township, Indiana, shaded from 440 ft on the south side to 910 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Crawford County, Indiana, United States
Population
1,598 2024 est.
Land area
48.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
33 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3370° N, 86.4548° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Little Blue River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Taswell770 ft
  2. Eckerty740 ft
  3. Johnson Township, Crawford County730 ft
  4. Patoka Township, Crawford County710 ft
  5. Whiskey Run Township700 ft
  6. Liberty Township, Crawford County690 ft
  7. Sterling Township680 ft
  8. English640 ft
  9. Union Township, Crawford County620 ft
  10. Marengo610 ft
  11. Grantsburg570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pilot Knob, Crawford County940 ft
  • Benz Hill860 ft
  • Scott Hill820 ft
  • Seton Knob810 ft
  • Tillery Hill720 ft
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).
  • 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, 440 ft at 38.3407° N, 86.4021° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.