Breckinridge Center, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Breckinridge Center, Kentucky, shaded from 390 ft on the northwest side to 460 ft on the west side
Elevation
460 ft 140 m450 ft 135 m440 ft 135 m420 ft 130 m400 ft 125 m390 ft 120 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Breckinridge Center sits at about 420 ft (125 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
420 ft 125 m
most residents: 410–430 ft
Lowest
390 ft 120 m
on the northwest side
Highest
460 ft 140 m
on the west side
Average
420 ft 130 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Breckinridge Center 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
420 ft125 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side
460 ft140 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
390 ft120 m
Town center
USGS map point for Breckinridge Center
430 ft130 m
Average of all land420 ft130 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Breckinridge Center, Kentucky, shaded from 390 ft on the northwest side to 460 ft on the west side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Union County, Kentucky, United States
Population
1,282 2020 Census
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
489 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6828° N, 87.8631° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Highland Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
42437
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dixon530 ft
  2. Poole480 ft
  3. Corydon440 ft
  4. Morganfield430 ft
  5. Breckinridge Center420 ft
  6. Waverly410 ft
  7. Clay400 ft
  8. Wheatcroft370 ft
  9. Sturgis370 ft
  10. Point Township, IN360 ft
  11. Uniontown360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Hill, Union County620 ft
  • Springer Hill570 ft
  • Grundy Hill560 ft
  • Blueberry Hill560 ft
  • Holeman Hill, Union County550 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.
  • Breckinridge Center 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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.