Big Creek Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Creek Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,900 ft on the south side to 2,350 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,350 ft 720 m2,240 ft 685 m2,180 ft 665 m2,070 ft 630 m1,960 ft 595 m1,900 ft 580 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
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 Creek Township sits at about 2,010 ft (610 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,010 ft 610 m
most residents: 1,980–2,110 ft
Lowest
1,900 ft 580 m
on the south side
Highest
2,350 ft 720 m
on the southwest side
Average
2,080 ft 635 m
all land inside township boundaries

Big Creek Township spans about 450 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
2,010 ft610 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
2,350 ft720 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,900 ft580 m
Airport (HYS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,999 ft609 m
Average of all land2,080 ft635 m

Elevation profile, west to east

15 mi west to east through the middle of Big Creek Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Big Creek Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,900 ft on the south side to 2,350 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Ellis County, Kansas, United States
Population
2,610 2024 est.
Land area
218.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
12 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.8509° N, 99.3290° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Big Creek → Smoky Hill River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Hays Regional (HYS) 1,999 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Buckeye Township2,130 ft
  2. Hays2,020 ft
  3. Catharine2,010 ft
  4. Big Creek Township2,010 ft
  5. Big Timber Township1,970 ft
  6. Liebenthal1,970 ft
  7. Freedom Township, Ellis County1,940 ft
  8. Munjor1,940 ft
  9. Victoria1,930 ft
  10. Herzog Township1,930 ft
  11. Schoenchen1,920 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Round House Rock2,360 ft
  • Blue Hills2,140 ft
  • King Hill2,080 ft
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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.