Delaware County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware County, Ohio, shaded from 760 ft on the south side to 1,240 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,240 ft 380 m1,120 ft 340 m1,060 ft 325 m940 ft 285 m820 ft 250 m760 ft 230 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
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

Delaware County averages about 960 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 760 ft on the south side to 1,240 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
960 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the east side
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the south side

Delaware County spans about 480 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 land960 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,240 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through Delaware.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delaware County, Ohio, shaded from 760 ft on the south side to 1,240 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
237,966 2024 est.
Land area
443.1 sq mi + 14.2 sq mi water
Density
537 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Morrow County1,170 ft
  2. Knox County1,120 ft
  3. Licking County1,030 ft
  4. Union County1,000 ft
  5. Delaware County960 ft
  6. Marion County950 ft
  7. Franklin County850 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio36th highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,477th highest of 3,151
All 30 towns in Delaware County by typical elevation
  1. Porter Township, Delaware County1,090 ft
  2. Trenton Township1,070 ft
  3. Harlem Township1,020 ft
  4. Kingston Township980 ft
  5. Ashley980 ft
  6. Oxford Township, Delaware County970 ft
  7. Sunbury960 ft
  8. Berkshire Township960 ft
  9. Marlboro Township, Delaware County950 ft
  10. Troy Township, Delaware County950 ft
  11. Ostrander950 ft
  12. Brown Township, Delaware County950 ft
  13. Radnor Township940 ft
  14. Berlin Township940 ft
  15. Radnor940 ft
  16. Delaware940 ft
  17. Orange Township940 ft
  18. Scioto Township, Delaware County940 ft
  19. Galena930 ft
  20. Genoa Township930 ft
  21. Concord Township, Delaware County930 ft
  22. Powell920 ft
  23. Delaware Township920 ft
  24. Thompson Township, Delaware County920 ft
  25. Liberty Township, Delaware County920 ft
  26. Dublin partly910 ft
  27. Kilbourne910 ft
  28. Village of Shawnee Hills900 ft
  29. Westerville partly880 ft
  30. Columbus partly830 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, 760 ft at 40.2837° N, 83.1365° 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.