Wakarusa, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wakarusa, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the west side to 890 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
890 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m860 ft 260 m840 ft 255 m830 ft 250 m820 ft 250 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wakarusa 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: 830–860 ft
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the west side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on the southeast side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside town limits

Wakarusa spans about 70 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 town limits, on the southeast side
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside town limits, on the west side
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Wakarusa
840 ft255 m
Airport (C03)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.1 mi southeast of the town limits
860 ft262 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wakarusa, Indiana, shaded from 820 ft on the west side to 890 ft on the southeast side
Town limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Population
2,006 2024 est.
Land area
2.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
911 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.5362° N, 86.0208° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Baugo Creek → Saint Joseph River
Airport
Nappanee Municipal (C03) 860 ft
ZIP codes 1
46573
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Locke Township870 ft
  2. Nappanee870 ft
  3. Union Township, Elkhart County870 ft
  4. Wakarusa850 ft
  5. Olive Township, Elkhart County840 ft
  6. Bremen840 ft
  7. Madison Township, St. Joseph County830 ft
  8. Wyatt830 ft
  9. Harrison Township, Elkhart County830 ft
  10. Dunlap780 ft
  11. Baugo Township750 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Buzzard Hill1,050 ft
  • Sugar Hill890 ft
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).
  • 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. All public domain.