Sorgho, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sorgho, Kentucky, shaded from 370 ft near the middle to 430 ft on the east side
Elevation
430 ft 130 m410 ft 125 m400 ft 125 m390 ft 120 m380 ft 115 m370 ft 115 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

Sorgho sits at about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 120 m
most residents: 390–410 ft
Lowest
370 ft 115 m
near the middle
Highest
430 ft 130 m
on the east side
Average
400 ft 120 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Sorgho spans about 60 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
400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side
430 ft130 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, near the middle
370 ft115 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sorgho
380 ft115 m
Airport (OWB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.8 mi east of the CDP boundary
407 ft124 m
Average of all land400 ft120 m

Elevation profile, west to east

4.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sorgho, Kentucky, shaded from 370 ft near the middle to 430 ft on the east side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States
Population
1,972 2020 Census
Land area
4.7 sq mi
Density
416 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.7531° N, 87.2472° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
Drains to
Green River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Owensboro/Daviess County Regional (OWB) 407 ft
ZIP codes 1
42301
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. West Louisville450 ft
  2. Panther450 ft
  3. Spottsville440 ft
  4. St. Joseph420 ft
  5. Owensboro400 ft
  6. Sorgho400 ft
  7. Curdsville390 ft
  8. Luce Township, IN390 ft
  9. Hatfield, IN390 ft
  10. Stanley390 ft
  11. Moseleyville370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Russell Hill550 ft
  • Island Field550 ft
  • Zion Hill, Daviess County530 ft
  • Fern Hill510 ft
  • Sutherland Hill (historical)440 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, 370 ft at 37.7585° N, 87.2476° 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.
  • Sorgho 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.