Shelby County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelby County, Ohio, shaded from 870 ft on the south side to 1,150 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,150 ft 350 m1,080 ft 330 m1,050 ft 320 m980 ft 295 m900 ft 275 m870 ft 265 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

Shelby County averages about 1,010 ft (305 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 870 ft on the south side to 1,150 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,010 ft 305 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,150 ft 350 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the south side

Shelby County spans about 280 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 land1,010 ft305 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,150 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

22 mi west to east through Sidney.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shelby County, Ohio, shaded from 870 ft on the south side to 1,150 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Ohio, United States
Population
47,952 2024 est.
Land area
407.7 sq mi + 3.0 sq mi water
Density
118 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. Logan County1,130 ft
  2. Champaign County1,130 ft
  3. Darke County1,040 ft
  4. Shelby County1,010 ft
  5. Miami County950 ft
  6. Auglaize County930 ft
  7. Mercer County890 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio28th highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,384th highest of 3,151
All 24 towns in Shelby County by typical elevation
  1. Green Township, Shelby County1,080 ft
  2. Perry Township, Shelby County1,050 ft
  3. Salem Township, Shelby County1,040 ft
  4. Anna1,030 ft
  5. Sidney1,030 ft
  6. Jackson Township, Shelby County1,030 ft
  7. Clinton Township1,030 ft
  8. Franklin Township, Shelby County1,030 ft
  9. Jackson Center1,030 ft
  10. Orange Township, Shelby County1,030 ft
  11. Dinsmore Township1,010 ft
  12. Botkins1,000 ft
  13. Cynthian Township990 ft
  14. Turtle Creek Township990 ft
  15. Kettlersville980 ft
  16. Loramie Township980 ft
  17. Russia980 ft
  18. Washington Township, Shelby County970 ft
  19. Port Jefferson970 ft
  20. Van Buren Township, Shelby County970 ft
  21. Newport, Shelby County960 ft
  22. McLean Township960 ft
  23. Fort Loramie960 ft
  24. Lockington940 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, 790 ft at 40.2151° N, 84.2090° 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.