Thorntown, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thorntown, Indiana, shaded from 800 ft on the north side to 860 ft on the south side
Elevation
860 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m830 ft 250 m810 ft 250 m800 ft 245 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Thorntown sits at about 850 ft (260 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
850 ft 260 m
most residents: 840–860 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the north side
Highest
860 ft 265 m
on the south side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside town limits

Thorntown spans about 60 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
850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the south side
860 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the north side
800 ft245 m
Town center
USGS map point for Thorntown
850 ft260 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Thorntown, Indiana, shaded from 800 ft on the north side to 860 ft on the south side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Boone County, Indiana, United States
Population
1,428 2024 est.
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
2,020 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.1295° N, 86.6067° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Sugar Creek → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
46071
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ulen940 ft
  2. Center Township, Boone County930 ft
  3. Jefferson Township, Boone County910 ft
  4. Washington Township, Boone County880 ft
  5. Antioch880 ft
  6. Jackson Township, Clinton County870 ft
  7. Thorntown850 ft
  8. Sugar Creek Township, Boone County850 ft
  9. Perry Township, Clinton County840 ft
  10. Colfax840 ft
  11. Sugar Creek Township, Montgomery County800 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, 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 town limits (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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.