Americus Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Americus Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,110 ft on the southeast side to 1,380 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,310 ft 400 m1,280 ft 390 m1,210 ft 370 m1,140 ft 350 m1,110 ft 340 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Americus Township sits at about 1,160 ft (355 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,160 ft 355 m
most residents: 1,140–1,240 ft
Lowest
1,110 ft 335 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
on the north side
Average
1,210 ft 370 m
all land inside township boundaries

Americus Township spans about 270 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,160 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,380 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,110 ft335 m
Town center
USGS map point for Americus Township
1,160 ft355 m
Average of all land1,210 ft370 m

Elevation profile, south to north

11 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Americus Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,110 ft on the southeast side to 1,380 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Lyon County, Kansas, United States
Population
1,369 2024 est.
Land area
86.7 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
16 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.5070° N, 96.2619° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Neosho River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bushong1,380 ft
  2. Agnes City Township1,330 ft
  3. Allen1,320 ft
  4. Toledo Township1,220 ft
  5. Dunlap1,180 ft
  6. Fremont Township1,170 ft
  7. Pike Township1,160 ft
  8. Americus Township1,160 ft
  9. Americus1,160 ft
  10. Emporia1,150 ft
  11. Emporia Township1,120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gun Barrel Hill1,601 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.