Richland County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richland County, Ohio, shaded from 940 ft on the northwest side to 1,510 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,510 ft 460 m1,370 ft 415 m1,290 ft 395 m1,150 ft 350 m1,010 ft 305 m940 ft 285 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Richland County averages about 1,200 ft (365 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 940 ft on the northwest side to 1,510 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
940 ft 285 m
on the northwest side

Richland County spans about 570 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 land1,200 ft365 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,510 ft460 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, south to north

31 mi south to north through Mansfield.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Richland County, Ohio, shaded from 940 ft on the northwest side to 1,510 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
124,853 2024 est.
Land area
495.2 sq mi + 4.8 sq mi water
Density
252 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Appalachian Plateaus 52%, Central Lowland 49%
Drains to
Gulf of America 92%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Richland County1,200 ft
  2. Morrow County1,170 ft
  3. Ashland County1,130 ft
  4. Knox County1,120 ft
  5. Crawford County1,020 ft
  6. Huron County890 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohiohighest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,116th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Ralston Knob1,410 ft
  • Schweitzer Hill1,360 ft
All 30 towns in Richland County by typical elevation
  1. Washington Township, Richland County1,360 ft
  2. Ontario1,360 ft
  3. Springfield Township, Richland County1,360 ft
  4. Lincoln Heights, Richland County1,310 ft
  5. Mansfield1,300 ft
  6. Madison Township, Richland County1,300 ft
  7. Perry Township, Richland County1,280 ft
  8. Troy Township1,270 ft
  9. Roseland1,270 ft
  10. Mifflin Township, Richland County1,250 ft
  11. Jefferson Township, Richland County1,240 ft
  12. Lexington1,230 ft
  13. Sandusky Township, Richland County1,220 ft
  14. Worthington Township1,210 ft
  15. Monroe Township, Richland County1,180 ft
  16. Butler Township, Richland County1,170 ft
  17. Bellville1,170 ft
  18. Franklin Township, Richland County1,150 ft
  19. Crestline partly1,150 ft
  20. Jackson Township, Richland County1,140 ft
  21. Bloominggrove Township1,130 ft
  22. Lucas1,120 ft
  23. Weller Township1,120 ft
  24. Shelby1,110 ft
  25. Sharon Township, Richland County1,110 ft
  26. Butler1,100 ft
  27. Cass Township, Richland County1,070 ft
  28. Village of Shiloh1,070 ft
  29. Plymouth Township1,020 ft
  30. Plymouth990 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, 930 ft at 40.9949° N, 82.7207° 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.