Brown County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brown County, Ohio, shaded from 480 ft on the south side to 1,120 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,120 ft 345 m960 ft 295 m880 ft 270 m720 ft 220 m560 ft 170 m480 ft 145 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Brown County averages about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 480 ft on the south side to 1,120 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
900 ft 275 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,120 ft 345 m
near the middle
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the south side

Brown County spans about 640 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 land900 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside the county, near the middle
1,120 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
480 ft145 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Pleasant Township, Brown County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brown County, Ohio, shaded from 480 ft on the south side to 1,120 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
44,292 2024 est.
Land area
489.6 sq mi + 3.4 sq mi water
Density
90 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Central Lowland 64%, Interior Low Plateaus 36%
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. Clinton County1,030 ft
  2. Highland County1,000 ft
  3. Brown County900 ft
  4. Adams County860 ft
  5. Mason County, KY840 ft
  6. Clermont County830 ft
  7. Bracken County, KY800 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio46th highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,589th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Samson Hill (historical)960 ft
  • Cedar Hill, Brown County880 ft
All 28 towns in Brown County by typical elevation
  1. Lake Waynoka1,010 ft
  2. Jackson Township, Brown County1,010 ft
  3. Eagle Township1,000 ft
  4. Franklin Township, Brown County990 ft
  5. St. Martin980 ft
  6. Hamersville970 ft
  7. Washington Township, Brown County960 ft
  8. Sardinia960 ft
  9. Russellville960 ft
  10. Perry Township, Brown County950 ft
  11. Lake Lorelei950 ft
  12. Fayetteville940 ft
  13. Green Township, Brown County940 ft
  14. Mount Orab940 ft
  15. Pike Township, Brown County940 ft
  16. Clark Township, Brown County940 ft
  17. Scott Township, Brown County930 ft
  18. Jefferson Township, Brown County930 ft
  19. Sterling Township930 ft
  20. Georgetown920 ft
  21. Pleasant Township, Brown County910 ft
  22. Byrd Township900 ft
  23. Lewis Township880 ft
  24. Huntington Township, Brown County540 ft
  25. Aberdeen530 ft
  26. Union Township, Brown County530 ft
  27. Ripley520 ft
  28. Higginsport510 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.