Vincennes, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vincennes, Indiana, shaded from 400 ft near the middle to 530 ft on the east side
Elevation
530 ft 165 m500 ft 155 m480 ft 150 m450 ft 140 m420 ft 130 m400 ft 125 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Vincennes sits at about 420 ft (130 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
420 ft 130 m
most residents: 410–480 ft
Lowest
400 ft 125 m
near the middle
Highest
530 ft 160 m
on the east side
Average
440 ft 135 m
all land inside city limits

Vincennes 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
420 ft130 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
530 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
400 ft125 m
Town center
USGS map point for Vincennes
420 ft130 m
Airport (LWV)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.9 mi northwest of the city limits
430 ft131 m
Average of all land440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vincennes, Indiana, shaded from 400 ft near the middle to 530 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Knox County, Indiana, United States
Population
16,506 2024 est.
Land area
7.5 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2,214 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.6773° N, 87.5286° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Lawrenceville-Vincennes International (LWV) 430 ft
ZIP codes 1
47591
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bruceville520 ft
  2. Palmyra Township510 ft
  3. Emison470 ft
  4. Johnson Township, Knox County460 ft
  5. St. Francisville, IL450 ft
  6. Denison Township, IL450 ft
  7. Lawrence Township, IL450 ft
  8. Lawrenceville, IL450 ft
  9. Vincennes Township420 ft
  10. Vincennes420 ft
  11. Allison Township, IL410 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Barefoot Nation Hills620 ft
  • Scudder Hill570 ft
  • Wolf Hill520 ft
  • Bunker Hill, Knox County490 ft
  • Toms Hill490 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.