Petersburg, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Petersburg, Kentucky, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 810 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
810 ft 245 m720 ft 220 m680 ft 205 m590 ft 180 m500 ft 155 m460 ft 140 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Petersburg sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 510–650 ft
Lowest
460 ft 140 m
on the southeast side
Highest
810 ft 245 m
on the southeast side
Average
600 ft 180 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Petersburg spans about 350 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
620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
810 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
460 ft140 m
Town center
USGS map point for Petersburg
510 ft155 m
Airport (CVG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.9 mi east of the CDP boundary
896 ft273 m
Average of all land600 ft180 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Petersburg, Kentucky, shaded from 460 ft on the southeast side to 810 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Boone County, Kentucky, United States
Population
500 2020 Census
Land area
6.3 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
80 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0692° N, 84.8683° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG) 896 ft
ZIP codes 1
41080
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hidden Valley, IN730 ft
  2. Washington Township, Dearborn County, IN730 ft
  3. Hogan Township, IN720 ft
  4. Shawnee, OH720 ft
  5. Lawrenceburg, IN680 ft
  6. Petersburg620 ft
  7. Center Township, Dearborn County, IN620 ft
  8. Lawrenceburg Township, IN540 ft
  9. Aurora, IN540 ft
  10. Greendale, IN530 ft
  11. Belleview510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Orchard Hill870 ft
  • Indian Hill, Boone County800 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).
  • 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, 460 ft at 39.0515° N, 84.8738° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.
  • Petersburg 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.