Butler County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butler County, Kansas, shaded from 1,140 ft on the southwest side to 1,680 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,680 ft 510 m1,550 ft 470 m1,480 ft 450 m1,350 ft 410 m1,210 ft 370 m1,140 ft 350 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Butler County averages about 1,390 ft (425 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,140 ft on the southwest side to 1,680 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,390 ft 425 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,680 ft 510 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the southwest side

Butler County spans about 540 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 land1,390 ft425 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,680 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,140 ft350 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Bruno Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butler County, Kansas, shaded from 1,140 ft on the southwest side to 1,680 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
69,158 2024 est.
Land area
1,429.7 sq mi + 16.8 sq mi water
Density
48 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. Harvey County1,440 ft
  2. Marion County1,430 ft
  3. Butler County1,390 ft
  4. Chase County1,370 ft
  5. Sedgwick County1,360 ft
  6. Cowley County1,260 ft
  7. Greenwood County1,180 ft
  8. Elk County1,120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas59th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States922nd highest of 3,151
All 44 towns in Butler County by typical elevation
  1. Beaumont1,590 ft
  2. Rosalia1,520 ft
  3. Glencoe Township1,500 ft
  4. Rosalia Township1,490 ft
  5. Cassoday1,470 ft
  6. Union Township, Butler County1,470 ft
  7. Latham1,470 ft
  8. Sycamore Township, Butler County1,470 ft
  9. Hickory Township1,470 ft
  10. Elbing1,440 ft
  11. Fairmount Township, Butler County1,430 ft
  12. Lincoln Township, Butler County1,420 ft
  13. Clifford Township1,400 ft
  14. Chelsea Township1,400 ft
  15. Clay Township, Butler County1,390 ft
  16. Logan Township, Butler County1,380 ft
  17. Fairview Township, Butler County1,370 ft
  18. Whitewater1,370 ft
  19. Milton Township1,370 ft
  20. Benton1,360 ft
  21. Little Walnut Township1,350 ft
  22. Benton Township1,350 ft
  23. Plum Grove Township1,350 ft
  24. Leon1,350 ft
  25. Potwin1,340 ft
  26. Prospect Township1,340 ft
  27. Andover1,340 ft
  28. Bruno Township1,340 ft
  29. Murdock Township1,330 ft
  30. Rose Hill1,330 ft
  31. Richland Township1,320 ft
  32. El Dorado Township1,320 ft
  33. Pleasant Township1,320 ft
  34. Spring Township1,320 ft
  35. El Dorado1,320 ft
  36. Rock Creek Township, Butler County1,310 ft
  37. Towanda Township1,300 ft
  38. Towanda1,290 ft
  39. Bloomington Township1,290 ft
  40. Augusta Township1,280 ft
  41. Augusta1,270 ft
  42. Walnut Township1,250 ft
  43. Douglass Township1,210 ft
  44. Douglass1,210 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.