Tippecanoe County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the west side to 850 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
850 ft 260 m760 ft 235 m720 ft 220 m630 ft 195 m550 ft 165 m500 ft 155 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Tippecanoe County averages about 680 ft (210 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 500 ft on the west side to 850 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
680 ft 210 m
all land inside the county
Highest
850 ft 260 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
500 ft 155 m
on the west side

Tippecanoe County spans about 350 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 land680 ft210 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
850 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
500 ft155 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Lafayette.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, shaded from 500 ft on the west side to 850 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
191,650 2024 est.
Land area
498.9 sq mi + 4.3 sq mi water
Density
384 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Clinton County850 ft
  2. Montgomery County800 ft
  3. Benton County760 ft
  4. White County690 ft
  5. Warren County690 ft
  6. Carroll County690 ft
  7. Tippecanoe County680 ft
  8. Fountain County660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • The Mound730 ft
All 27 towns in Tippecanoe County by typical elevation
  1. Clarks Hill820 ft
  2. Lauramie Township780 ft
  3. Stockwell770 ft
  4. Randolph Township, Tippecanoe County740 ft
  5. Romney730 ft
  6. Jackson Township, Tippecanoe County730 ft
  7. Otterbein partly710 ft
  8. Montmorenci690 ft
  9. Shelby Township690 ft
  10. Sheffield Township680 ft
  11. Wabash Township670 ft
  12. Dayton670 ft
  13. West Point670 ft
  14. Buck Creek660 ft
  15. Colburn660 ft
  16. Perry Township, Tippecanoe County660 ft
  17. Tippecanoe Township660 ft
  18. Fairfield Township650 ft
  19. Lafayette650 ft
  20. Wayne Township, Tippecanoe County650 ft
  21. Wea Township650 ft
  22. Battle Ground650 ft
  23. Washington Township, Tippecanoe County640 ft
  24. West Lafayette630 ft
  25. Shadeland620 ft
  26. Union Township, Tippecanoe County620 ft
  27. Americus550 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.
  • 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.