Whitley County, IN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whitley County, Indiana, shaded from 750 ft on the southeast side to 1,000 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m940 ft 285 m900 ft 275 m840 ft 255 m780 ft 240 m750 ft 230 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

Whitley County averages about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 750 ft on the southeast side to 1,000 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
870 ft 265 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the north side
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the southeast side

Whitley County spans about 250 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 land870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Columbia Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Whitley County, Indiana, shaded from 750 ft on the southeast side to 1,000 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
34,885 2024 est.
Land area
335.6 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
104 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. Noble County930 ft
  2. Whitley County870 ft
  3. Kosciusko County860 ft
  4. Huntington County820 ft
  5. Allen County800 ft
  6. Wabash County800 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 16 towns in Whitley County by typical elevation
  1. Larwill960 ft
  2. Etna-Troy Township920 ft
  3. Thorncreek Township910 ft
  4. Tri-Lakes910 ft
  5. Richland Township, Whitley County900 ft
  6. Churubusco900 ft
  7. Smith Township890 ft
  8. Laud870 ft
  9. Columbia City860 ft
  10. Columbia Township860 ft
  11. Coesse850 ft
  12. Jefferson Township, Whitley County850 ft
  13. Washington Township, Whitley County840 ft
  14. Union Township, Whitley County840 ft
  15. Cleveland Township, Whitley County810 ft
  16. South Whitley800 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.