Wells County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells County, Indiana, shaded from 740 ft on the northeast side to 940 ft on the south side
Elevation
940 ft 285 m890 ft 270 m860 ft 260 m810 ft 245 m760 ft 230 m740 ft 225 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

Wells County averages about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 740 ft on the northeast side to 940 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
840 ft 255 m
all land inside the county
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the south side
Lowest
740 ft 225 m
on the northeast side

Wells County spans about 200 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 land840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
940 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
740 ft225 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Bluffton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells County, Indiana, shaded from 740 ft on the northeast side to 940 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Indiana, United States
Population
28,798 2024 est.
Land area
368.1 sq mi + 2.2 sq mi water
Density
78 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Jay County930 ft
  2. Blackford County900 ft
  3. Grant County860 ft
  4. Wells County840 ft
  5. Adams County830 ft
  6. Huntington County820 ft
  7. Allen County800 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 21 towns in Wells County by typical elevation
  1. Keystone860 ft
  2. Chester Township, Wells County860 ft
  3. Petroleum860 ft
  4. Nottingham Township860 ft
  5. Poneto850 ft
  6. Craigville850 ft
  7. Liberty Township, Wells County850 ft
  8. Jackson Township, Wells County850 ft
  9. Liberty Center840 ft
  10. Tocsin840 ft
  11. Lancaster Township830 ft
  12. Ossian830 ft
  13. Jefferson Township, Wells County830 ft
  14. Harrison Township, Wells County830 ft
  15. Bluffton830 ft
  16. Vera Cruz820 ft
  17. Zanesville810 ft
  18. Rockcreek Township810 ft
  19. Union Township, Wells County810 ft
  20. Uniondale810 ft
  21. Markle partly810 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 640 ft at 40.7701° N, 85.1810° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.