Bala, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,320 ft 400 m1,300 ft 395 m1,290 ft 390 m1,260 ft 385 m1,240 ft 380 m1,230 ft 375 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
Click or tap anywhere: The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure: Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area: Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bala sits at about 1,280 ft (390 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,280 ft 390 m

few residents

Lowest

1,230 ft 375 m

on the southeast side

Highest

1,320 ft 400 m

on the northwest side

Average

1,280 ft 390 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Bala spans about 90 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,280 ft390 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side	1,320 ft400 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side	1,230 ft375 m
Town center USGS map point for Bala	1,280 ft390 m
Average of all land	1,280 ft390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riley County, Kansas, United States
Population: 29 2020 Census
Land area: 0.4 sq mi
Density: 68 per sq mi
Coordinates: 39.3097° N, 96.9497° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 66531

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Green1,390 ft
Leonardville1,380 ft
Bala Township1,370 ft
Fancy Creek Township1,320 ft
Riley1,290 ft
Bala1,280 ft
Center Township, Riley County1,260 ft
Clay Center1,240 ft
Wakefield1,240 ft
Milford Township1,210 ft
Milford1,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Kansas1,223rd highest of 1,996
Towns in Riley County11th highest of 23

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Twin Mounds, Clay County1,370 ft
Custer Hill1,360 ft
Randolph Hill1,330 ft
Carpenter Hill1,320 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
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, 1,230 ft at 39.3076° N, 96.9454° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
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.
Bala is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.