Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, shaded from 810 ft on the northwest side to 940 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
940 ft 290 m910 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m860 ft 260 m830 ft 250 m810 ft 245 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Van Buren Township, LaGrange County 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: 820–870 ft
Lowest
810 ft 245 m
on the northwest side
Highest
940 ft 290 m
on the southwest side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside township boundaries

Van Buren Township, LaGrange County spans about 130 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 township boundaries, on the southwest side
940 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
810 ft245 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.3 mi south to north through the middle of Van Buren Township, LaGrange County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, Indiana, shaded from 810 ft on the northwest side to 940 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States
Population
4,285 2024 est.
Land area
37.7 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
114 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7297° N, 85.5849° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Saint Joseph River
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Shipshewana900 ft
  2. Middlebury Township890 ft
  3. Middlebury890 ft
  4. Newbury Township890 ft
  5. Shipshewana Lake850 ft
  6. Van Buren Township, LaGrange County850 ft
  7. Scott840 ft
  8. York Township830 ft
  9. White Pigeon Township, MI820 ft
  10. White Pigeon, MI820 ft
  11. Vistula790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Knob1,030 ft
  • The Knobs990 ft
  • Sugar Hill890 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).
  • 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.