Spencer County, KY Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spencer County, Kentucky, shaded from 430 ft on the west side to 870 ft on the east side
Elevation
870 ft 265 m760 ft 230 m710 ft 215 m600 ft 180 m490 ft 150 m430 ft 130 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

Spencer County averages about 660 ft (200 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 430 ft on the west side to 870 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
660 ft 200 m
all land inside the county
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the east side
Lowest
430 ft 130 m
on the west side

Spencer County spans about 440 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 land660 ft200 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
870 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
430 ft130 m

Elevation profile, south to north

13 mi south to north through Elk Creek.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spencer County, Kentucky, shaded from 430 ft on the west side to 870 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kentucky, United States
Population
20,823 2024 est.
Land area
186.7 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
112 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Interior Low Plateaus
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. Shelby County790 ft
  2. Anderson County780 ft
  3. Spencer County660 ft
  4. Nelson County650 ft
  5. Bullitt County580 ft
  6. Jefferson County570 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Anderson Hill700 ft
  • Blacks Hill640 ft
All 2 towns in Spencer County by typical elevation
  1. Elk Creek740 ft
  2. Taylorsville490 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, 430 ft at 38.0151° N, 85.5074° 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.