Fairfield County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield County, Ohio, shaded from 750 ft on the northwest side to 1,240 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,240 ft 380 m1,120 ft 340 m1,060 ft 320 m930 ft 285 m810 ft 245 m750 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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Fairfield County averages about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 750 ft on the northwest side to 1,240 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
940 ft 285 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the northwest side

Fairfield County spans about 490 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 land940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,240 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

26 mi south to north through Violet Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairfield County, Ohio, shaded from 750 ft on the northwest side to 1,240 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
167,762 2024 est.
Land area
504.4 sq mi + 4.2 sq mi water
Density
333 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Central Lowland 79%, Appalachian Plateaus 21%
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. Licking County1,030 ft
  2. Perry County940 ft
  3. Fairfield County940 ft
  4. Hocking County910 ft
  5. Franklin County850 ft
  6. Pickaway County790 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio43rd highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,522nd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Jacobs Ladder1,210 ft
  • Stony Hill1,180 ft
  • Emmanuel Knob1,180 ft
  • Christmas Rocks1,160 ft
  • Becks Knob1,150 ft
All 34 towns in Fairfield County by typical elevation
  1. Hamburg1,060 ft
  2. Hocking Township1,050 ft
  3. Rushville1,020 ft
  4. Clearcreek Township1,010 ft
  5. West Rushville1,000 ft
  6. Madison Township, Fairfield County1,000 ft
  7. Richland Township, Fairfield County1,000 ft
  8. Bloom Township990 ft
  9. Pleasant Township, Fairfield County970 ft
  10. Hide-A-Way Hills partly960 ft
  11. Stoutsville960 ft
  12. Amanda Township940 ft
  13. Berne Township940 ft
  14. Amanda930 ft
  15. Fairfield Beach910 ft
  16. Pleasantville910 ft
  17. Millersport910 ft
  18. Walnut Township910 ft
  19. Reynoldsburg partly890 ft
  20. Greenfield Township890 ft
  21. Liberty Township, Fairfield County890 ft
  22. Buckeye Lake partly890 ft
  23. Thurston880 ft
  24. Rush Creek Township880 ft
  25. Lithopolis870 ft
  26. Baltimore860 ft
  27. Violet Township860 ft
  28. Lancaster850 ft
  29. Pickerington840 ft
  30. Columbus partly830 ft
  31. Carroll830 ft
  32. Bremen800 ft
  33. Sugar Grove780 ft
  34. Canal Winchester partly760 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, 750 ft at 39.8360° N, 82.7990° 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.