Van Buren, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren, Indiana, shaded from 830 ft on the east side to 850 ft on the west side
Elevation
860 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m850 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m830 ft 255 m830 ft 255 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
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Elevation Data

Van Buren 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: 840–850 ft
Lowest
830 ft 255 m
on the east side
Highest
850 ft 260 m
on the west side
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside town limits

Van Buren is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
850 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
850 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the east side
830 ft255 m
Town center
USGS map point for Van Buren
850 ft260 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren, Indiana, shaded from 830 ft on the east side to 850 ft on the west side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Grant County, Indiana, United States
Population
786 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
1,348 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.6173° N, 85.5047° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Salamonie River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
46991
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Monroe Township, Grant County890 ft
  2. Roll880 ft
  3. Landess860 ft
  4. Washington Township, Grant County860 ft
  5. Wayne Township, Huntington County850 ft
  6. Van Buren Township, Grant County850 ft
  7. Van Buren850 ft
  8. Jackson Township, Wells County850 ft
  9. Jefferson Township, Huntington County840 ft
  10. Salamonie Township830 ft
  11. Warren830 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).
  • 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, 830 ft at 40.6132° N, 85.4982° 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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.