Buffalo Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buffalo Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,460 ft on the east side to 1,770 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,770 ft 540 m1,700 ft 515 m1,660 ft 505 m1,580 ft 480 m1,500 ft 455 m1,460 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

Buffalo Township sits at about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,560 ft 475 m
most residents: 1,540–1,560 ft
Lowest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the east side
Highest
1,770 ft 540 m
on the west side
Average
1,560 ft 475 m
all land inside township boundaries

Buffalo Township spans about 310 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
1,560 ft475 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,770 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,460 ft445 m
Average of all land1,560 ft475 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.3 mi west to east through the middle of Buffalo Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buffalo Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,460 ft on the east side to 1,770 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Jewell County, Kansas, United States
Population
436 2024 est.
Land area
40.4 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
11 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.6726° N, 98.1504° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Buffalo Creek → 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. Center Township, Jewell County1,760 ft
  2. Mankato1,750 ft
  3. Calvin Township1,690 ft
  4. Washington Township, Jewell County1,630 ft
  5. Ionia Township1,600 ft
  6. Buffalo Township1,560 ft
  7. Jewell1,560 ft
  8. Browns Creek Township1,540 ft
  9. Vicksburg Township1,470 ft
  10. Prairie Township1,460 ft
  11. Randall1,450 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).
  • 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, 1,450 ft at 39.6551° N, 98.0821° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.