Canton, KS Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,620 ft 495 m1,610 ft 490 m1,600 ft 490 m1,600 ft 485 m1,590 ft 485 m1,580 ft 485 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Canton sits at about 1,590 ft (485 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,590 ft 485 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
1,580 ft 485 m
on the east side
Highest
1,600 ft 485 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside city limits
Canton is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,590 ft485 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 1,600 ft485 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 1,580 ft485 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Canton | 1,590 ft485 m |
| Average of all land | 1,590 ft485 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in McPherson County, Kansas, United States
- Population
- 664 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 1,336 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.3861° N, 97.4281° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Gypsum Creek → Smoky Hill River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 67428
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Canton1,590 ft
- Canton Township1,590 ft
- Delmore Township1,550 ft
- Galva1,550 ft
- Empire Township1,550 ft
- Spring Valley Township, McPherson County1,540 ft
- Lehigh1,530 ft
- Lehigh Township1,530 ft
- Lone Tree Township1,520 ft
- Menno Township1,520 ft
- Battle Hill Township1,490 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kansas694th highest of 1,996
- Towns in McPherson County3rd highest of 35
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Twin Mounds, McPherson County1,530 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.