Barton County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barton County, Kansas, shaded from 1,730 ft on the east side to 2,130 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,130 ft 650 m2,030 ft 620 m1,980 ft 605 m1,880 ft 575 m1,780 ft 545 m1,730 ft 530 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
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Elevation Data

Barton County averages about 1,880 ft (575 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,730 ft on the east side to 2,130 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,880 ft 575 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,130 ft 650 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,730 ft 530 m
on the east side

Barton County spans about 400 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 land1,880 ft575 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,130 ft650 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,730 ft530 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Great Bend.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Barton County, Kansas, shaded from 1,730 ft on the east side to 2,130 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
24,835 2024 est.
Land area
895.3 sq mi + 5.4 sq mi water
Density
28 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
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. Pawnee County2,080 ft
  2. Rush County2,080 ft
  3. Stafford County1,890 ft
  4. Barton County1,880 ft
  5. Russell County1,750 ft
  6. Rice County1,690 ft
  7. Ellsworth County1,670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas41st highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States659th highest of 3,151
All 33 towns in Barton County by typical elevation
  1. Olmitz2,020 ft
  2. Galatia2,000 ft
  3. Fairview Township, Barton County1,990 ft
  4. Grant Township, Barton County1,980 ft
  5. Susank1,970 ft
  6. Union Township, Barton County1,960 ft
  7. Pawnee Rock Township1,950 ft
  8. Pawnee Rock1,950 ft
  9. Clarence Township1,940 ft
  10. Wheatland Township, Barton County1,930 ft
  11. Beaver1,930 ft
  12. Walnut Township, Barton County1,920 ft
  13. Albert1,920 ft
  14. Eureka Township, Barton County1,910 ft
  15. Beaver Township, Barton County1,910 ft
  16. Liberty Township, Barton County1,890 ft
  17. Cleveland Township, Barton County1,890 ft
  18. Buffalo Township, Barton County1,890 ft
  19. Albion Township, Barton County1,880 ft
  20. North Homestead Township1,880 ft
  21. South Bend Township1,860 ft
  22. Cheyenne Township, Barton County1,860 ft
  23. Great Bend Township1,860 ft
  24. Odin1,860 ft
  25. Great Bend1,850 ft
  26. Hoisington1,840 ft
  27. South Homestead Township1,840 ft
  28. Comanche Township1,820 ft
  29. Logan Township, Barton County1,810 ft
  30. Independent Township1,810 ft
  31. Claflin1,810 ft
  32. Lakin Township, Barton County1,790 ft
  33. Ellinwood1,790 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, 1,730 ft at 38.4468° N, 98.4813° 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.