Anderson County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson County, Kansas, shaded from 860 ft on the northeast side to 1,220 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,220 ft 370 m1,130 ft 345 m1,080 ft 330 m1,000 ft 305 m910 ft 275 m860 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

Anderson County averages about 1,040 ft (320 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 860 ft on the northeast side to 1,220 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,040 ft 320 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
860 ft 265 m
on the northeast side

Anderson County spans about 360 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 land1,040 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,220 ft370 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
860 ft265 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Garnett.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anderson County, Kansas, shaded from 860 ft on the northeast side to 1,220 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
7,908 2024 est.
Land area
579.6 sq mi + 4.1 sq mi water
Density
14 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
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. Coffey County1,100 ft
  2. Anderson County1,040 ft
  3. Allen County1,020 ft
  4. Franklin County990 ft
  5. Linn County920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas83rd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,332nd highest of 3,151
All 22 towns in Anderson County by typical elevation
  1. Colony1,120 ft
  2. Ozark Township1,120 ft
  3. Lone Elm Township1,120 ft
  4. Welda1,100 ft
  5. Welda Township1,100 ft
  6. Lone Elm1,100 ft
  7. Westphalia1,100 ft
  8. Garnett1,070 ft
  9. Westphalia Township1,060 ft
  10. Rich Township1,050 ft
  11. Kincaid1,050 ft
  12. Washington Township, Anderson County1,050 ft
  13. Lincoln Township, Anderson County1,040 ft
  14. Indian Creek Township1,040 ft
  15. Mont Ida1,040 ft
  16. Jackson Township, Anderson County1,010 ft
  17. Reeder Township1,000 ft
  18. Harris1,000 ft
  19. Monroe Township1,000 ft
  20. Putnam Township990 ft
  21. Walker Township930 ft
  22. Greeley900 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, 860 ft at 38.3893° N, 95.1357° 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.