Scioto County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scioto County, Ohio, shaded from 480 ft on the southwest side to 1,340 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,340 ft 405 m1,120 ft 340 m1,020 ft 310 m800 ft 245 m590 ft 180 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
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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

Scioto County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 480 ft on the southwest side to 1,340 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,340 ft 405 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
480 ft 145 m
on the southwest side

Scioto County spans about 860 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,340 ft405 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
480 ft145 m

Elevation profile, west to east

31 mi west to east through Portsmouth.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scioto County, Ohio, shaded from 480 ft on the southwest side to 1,340 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
71,798 2024 est.
Land area
610.2 sq mi + 6.2 sq mi water
Density
118 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Appalachian Plateaus 99%
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. Lewis County, KY890 ft
  2. Adams County860 ft
  3. Pike County840 ft
  4. Scioto County790 ft
  5. Jackson County780 ft
  6. Greenup County, KY770 ft
  7. Lawrence County760 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio68th highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,816th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mustard Hill1,240 ft
  • Hoffer Hill1,160 ft
  • Campbell Hill, Scioto County1,120 ft
  • Diffen Hill1,110 ft
  • Feurt Hill1,110 ft
All 31 towns in Scioto County by typical elevation
  1. Rarden Township970 ft
  2. Brush Creek Township, Scioto County900 ft
  3. Jefferson Township, Scioto County890 ft
  4. Morgan Township, Scioto County850 ft
  5. Union Township, Scioto County830 ft
  6. Clay Township, Scioto County830 ft
  7. Rosemount830 ft
  8. Clarktown800 ft
  9. Vernon Township, Scioto County770 ft
  10. Bloom Township, Scioto County770 ft
  11. Madison Township, Scioto County760 ft
  12. Harrison Township, Scioto County730 ft
  13. Rush Township720 ft
  14. South Webster720 ft
  15. Otway690 ft
  16. Valley Township680 ft
  17. Lucasville670 ft
  18. Wheelersburg670 ft
  19. Porter Township650 ft
  20. Sciotodale650 ft
  21. Washington Township, Scioto County650 ft
  22. Minford640 ft
  23. Rarden630 ft
  24. West Portsmouth620 ft
  25. Nile Township620 ft
  26. McDermott570 ft
  27. Portsmouth560 ft
  28. Green Township, Scioto County550 ft
  29. Friendship550 ft
  30. Franklin Furnace540 ft
  31. New Boston530 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.