Brown County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brown County, Kansas, shaded from 850 ft on the northeast side to 1,340 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,340 ft 410 m1,220 ft 370 m1,160 ft 355 m1,030 ft 315 m910 ft 275 m850 ft 260 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

Brown County averages about 1,090 ft (330 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 850 ft on the northeast side to 1,340 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,090 ft 330 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,340 ft 410 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the northeast side

Brown County spans about 490 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 land1,090 ft330 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,340 ft410 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Hiawatha.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brown County, Kansas, shaded from 850 ft on the northeast side to 1,340 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
9,142 2024 est.
Land area
570.9 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
16 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Nemaha County1,250 ft
  2. Jackson County1,120 ft
  3. Brown County1,090 ft
  4. Atchison County1,030 ft
  5. Richardson County, NE1,030 ft
  6. Doniphan County990 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas82nd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,264th highest of 3,151
All 27 towns in Brown County by typical elevation
  1. Sabetha partly1,310 ft
  2. Fairview1,220 ft
  3. Walnut Township, Brown County1,220 ft
  4. Powhattan1,210 ft
  5. Willis1,160 ft
  6. Everest1,150 ft
  7. Washington Township, Brown County1,140 ft
  8. Morrill Township1,120 ft
  9. Hiawatha1,120 ft
  10. Morrill1,120 ft
  11. Mission Township, Brown County1,110 ft
  12. Kickapoo Site 11,100 ft
  13. Hiawatha Township1,090 ft
  14. Powhattan Township1,090 ft
  15. Horton1,070 ft
  16. Kickapoo Site 51,070 ft
  17. Kickapoo Site 21,060 ft
  18. Kickapoo Site 71,050 ft
  19. Kickapoo Tribal Center1,040 ft
  20. Kickapoo Site 61,040 ft
  21. Hamlin1,000 ft
  22. Hamlin Township990 ft
  23. Padonia Township980 ft
  24. Robinson Township980 ft
  25. Irving Township970 ft
  26. Robinson960 ft
  27. Reserve950 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.