Vanderburgh County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, shaded from 340 ft on the southwest side to 610 ft on the north side
Elevation
610 ft 185 m540 ft 165 m510 ft 155 m440 ft 135 m370 ft 115 m340 ft 105 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Vanderburgh County averages about 420 ft (130 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 340 ft on the southwest side to 610 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
420 ft 130 m
all land inside the county
Highest
610 ft 185 m
on the north side
Lowest
340 ft 105 m
on the southwest side

Vanderburgh County spans about 270 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 land420 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
610 ft185 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
340 ft105 m

Elevation profile, west to east

14 mi west to east through Evansville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vanderburgh County, Indiana, shaded from 340 ft on the southwest side to 610 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
180,387 2024 est.
Land area
233.4 sq mi + 3.5 sq mi water
Density
773 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
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. Gibson County440 ft
  2. Warrick County440 ft
  3. Vanderburgh County420 ft
  4. Posey County410 ft
  5. Henderson County, KY400 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 13 towns in Vanderburgh County by typical elevation
  1. St. Wendel partly520 ft
  2. Armstrong Township490 ft
  3. German Township, Vanderburgh County480 ft
  4. Darmstadt460 ft
  5. Scott Township450 ft
  6. Highland, Vanderburgh County430 ft
  7. Perry Township, Vanderburgh County430 ft
  8. Melody Hill410 ft
  9. Center Township, Vanderburgh County400 ft
  10. Evansville380 ft
  11. Pigeon Township380 ft
  12. Knight Township380 ft
  13. Union Township, Vanderburgh County360 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.