Big Bend Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Bend Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southwest side to 1,660 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,660 ft 505 m1,620 ft 490 m1,590 ft 485 m1,540 ft 470 m1,490 ft 455 m1,470 ft 445 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Big Bend Township sits at about 1,510 ft (460 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,510 ft 460 m
most residents: 1,490–1,570 ft
Lowest
1,470 ft 445 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,660 ft 505 m
on the north side
Average
1,530 ft 465 m
all land inside township boundaries

Big Bend Township spans about 190 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
1,510 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,660 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,470 ft445 m
Average of all land1,530 ft465 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Big Bend Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Bend Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southwest side to 1,660 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Republic County, Kansas, United States
Population
129 2024 est.
Land area
35.7 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
3.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.9383° N, 97.8430° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Republican River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Byron, NE1,670 ft
  2. Webber1,670 ft
  3. Jackson Township, Jewell County1,640 ft
  4. Washington Township, Republic County1,630 ft
  5. Sinclair Township1,610 ft
  6. Hardy, NE1,570 ft
  7. Union Township, Republic County1,550 ft
  8. White Rock Township1,520 ft
  9. Big Bend Township1,510 ft
  10. Republic1,500 ft
  11. Scandia Township1,450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.