Ross County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ross County, Ohio, shaded from 560 ft on the southeast side to 1,350 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,350 ft 415 m1,150 ft 350 m1,060 ft 320 m860 ft 260 m660 ft 200 m560 ft 170 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

Ross County averages about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 560 ft on the southeast side to 1,350 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
840 ft 255 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,350 ft 415 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
560 ft 170 m
on the southeast side

Ross County spans about 790 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 land840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,350 ft415 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
560 ft170 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Scioto Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ross County, Ohio, shaded from 560 ft on the southeast side to 1,350 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
76,046 2024 est.
Land area
689.2 sq mi + 3.9 sq mi water
Density
110 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform regions
Central Lowland 60%, Appalachian Plateaus 40%
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. Highland County1,000 ft
  2. Fayette County980 ft
  3. Hocking County910 ft
  4. Vinton County840 ft
  5. Pike County840 ft
  6. Ross County840 ft
  7. Pickaway County790 ft
  8. Jackson County780 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio62nd highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,740th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Chestnut Oak Knob1,320 ft
  • Potts Hill1,320 ft
  • Horseback Knob1,320 ft
  • Ball Knob1,320 ft
  • Selby Knob1,320 ft
All 27 towns in Ross County by typical elevation
  1. Huntington Township950 ft
  2. Buckskin Township940 ft
  3. Paint Township, Ross County930 ft
  4. South Salem920 ft
  5. Colerain Township, Ross County860 ft
  6. Adelphi830 ft
  7. Harrison Township, Ross County830 ft
  8. Concord Township, Ross County810 ft
  9. Springfield Township, Ross County810 ft
  10. Paxton Township810 ft
  11. Franklin Township, Ross County810 ft
  12. Kingston790 ft
  13. Green Township, Ross County780 ft
  14. Clarksburg770 ft
  15. Deerfield Township, Ross County770 ft
  16. Twin Township, Ross County760 ft
  17. Frankfort740 ft
  18. Village of Bainbridge730 ft
  19. Union Township, Ross County710 ft
  20. Andersonville710 ft
  21. Massieville710 ft
  22. Liberty Township, Ross County700 ft
  23. Bourneville690 ft
  24. Scioto Township640 ft
  25. Chillicothe640 ft
  26. Jefferson Township, Ross County600 ft
  27. Richmond Dale590 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.