Velpen, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Velpen, Indiana, shaded from 450 ft on the southeast side to 550 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
550 ft 170 m530 ft 160 m520 ft 155 m490 ft 150 m470 ft 140 m460 ft 140 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Velpen sits at about 490 ft (150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
490 ft 150 m
most residents: 490–500 ft
Lowest
450 ft 140 m
on the southeast side
Highest
550 ft 170 m
on the southwest side
Average
500 ft 150 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Velpen spans about 100 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
490 ft150 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
550 ft170 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
450 ft140 m
Town center
USGS map point for Velpen
490 ft150 m
Average of all land500 ft150 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.6 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Velpen, Indiana, shaded from 450 ft on the southeast side to 550 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Pike County, Indiana, United States
Population
57 2020 Census
Land area
0.3 sq mi
Density
171 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3553° N, 87.1019° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Patoka River → Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Stendal620 ft
  2. Lockhart Township540 ft
  3. Marion Township, Pike County500 ft
  4. Velpen490 ft
  5. Arthur490 ft
  6. Otwell490 ft
  7. Jefferson Township, Pike County490 ft
  8. Ireland480 ft
  9. Madison Township, Dubois County480 ft
  10. Patoka Township, Pike County470 ft
  11. Winslow460 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dyson Knob650 ft
  • Wilson Hill620 ft
  • Ringham Hill610 ft
  • Moore Hill, Gibson County590 ft
  • Turkey Hill, Pike County560 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Velpen is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.