Barber County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barber County, Kansas, shaded from 1,240 ft on the southeast side to 2,060 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,060 ft 625 m1,850 ft 565 m1,750 ft 535 m1,550 ft 470 m1,340 ft 410 m1,240 ft 380 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

Barber County averages about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,240 ft on the southeast side to 2,060 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,060 ft 625 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the southeast side

Barber County spans about 820 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 land1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,060 ft625 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,240 ft380 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Medicine Lodge Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barber County, Kansas, shaded from 1,240 ft on the southeast side to 2,060 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
4,070 2024 est.
Land area
1,134.1 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Density
3.6 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains 92%
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. Kiowa County2,190 ft
  2. Comanche County1,940 ft
  3. Pratt County1,930 ft
  4. Barber County1,640 ft
  5. Kingman County1,580 ft
  6. Woods County, OK1,580 ft
  7. Harper County1,370 ft
  8. Alfalfa County, OK1,270 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas48th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States764th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Gypsum Hills1,860 ft
  • Twin Peaks1,770 ft
All 24 towns in Barber County by typical elevation
  1. Deerhead Township1,920 ft
  2. McAdoo Township1,890 ft
  3. Turkey Creek Township, Barber County1,850 ft
  4. Isabel1,850 ft
  5. Valley Township, Barber County1,840 ft
  6. Sun City Township1,820 ft
  7. Elm Mills Township1,750 ft
  8. Eagle Township, Barber County1,720 ft
  9. Sun City1,680 ft
  10. Aetna Township1,640 ft
  11. Lake City Township1,630 ft
  12. Lake City1,630 ft
  13. Mingona Township1,550 ft
  14. Medicine Lodge Township1,500 ft
  15. Medicine Lodge1,490 ft
  16. Sharon Township1,460 ft
  17. Sharon1,460 ft
  18. Moore Township1,440 ft
  19. Elwood Township1,430 ft
  20. Hardtner1,430 ft
  21. Hazelton Township1,370 ft
  22. Hazelton1,370 ft
  23. Kiowa1,330 ft
  24. Kiowa Township1,330 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.