Van Wert County, OH Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Wert County, Ohio, shaded from 620 ft on the northwest side to 860 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
860 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m770 ft 235 m710 ft 215 m650 ft 200 m620 ft 190 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

Van Wert County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 620 ft on the northwest side to 860 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
860 ft 260 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the northwest side

Van Wert County spans about 240 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 southeast side
860 ft260 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, south to north

18 mi south to north through Van Wert.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Wert County, Ohio, shaded from 620 ft on the northwest side to 860 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
28,887 2024 est.
Land area
409.1 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
71 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Auglaize County930 ft
  2. Mercer County890 ft
  3. Allen County860 ft
  4. Adams County, IN830 ft
  5. Allen County, IN800 ft
  6. Van Wert County790 ft
  7. Putnam County740 ft
  8. Paulding County730 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Ohio70th highest of 88
  • Counties in the United States1,845th highest of 3,151
All 22 towns in Van Wert County by typical elevation
  1. Ohio City820 ft
  2. Liberty Township, Van Wert County820 ft
  3. Wren810 ft
  4. Elgin810 ft
  5. Willshire Township810 ft
  6. Jennings Township, Van Wert County810 ft
  7. Harrison Township, Van Wert County810 ft
  8. York Township, Van Wert County800 ft
  9. Venedocia800 ft
  10. Willshire800 ft
  11. Ridge Township790 ft
  12. Van Wert780 ft
  13. Tully Township780 ft
  14. Convoy780 ft
  15. Pleasant Township780 ft
  16. Middle Point780 ft
  17. Washington Township, Van Wert County770 ft
  18. Delphos partly770 ft
  19. Union Township, Van Wert County760 ft
  20. Hoaglin Township740 ft
  21. Scott740 ft
  22. Jackson Township, Van Wert County740 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.