Cedar, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation
1,660 ft 505 m1,650 ft 505 m1,650 ft 500 m1,640 ft 500 m1,630 ft 495 m1,630 ft 495 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Cedar sits at about 1,630 ft (495 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,630 ft 495 m
few residents
Lowest
1,630 ft 495 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,630 ft 495 m
all land inside city limits
Cedar is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,630 ft495 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 1,640 ft500 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 1,630 ft495 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Cedar | 1,630 ft495 m |
| Average of all land | 1,630 ft495 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Smith County, Kansas, United States
- Population
- 13 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 73 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.6572° N, 98.9404° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- North Fork Solomon River → Solomon River → Smoky Hill River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 67628
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Valley Township, Phillips County1,830 ft
- Athol1,790 ft
- Lane Township1,790 ft
- Hawkeye Township1,770 ft
- Dor Township1,760 ft
- Banner Township, Smith County1,720 ft
- Valley Township, Smith County1,720 ft
- Harvey Township, Smith County1,660 ft
- Cedar1,630 ft
- Houston Township1,600 ft
- Gaylord1,600 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kansas659th highest of 1,996
- Towns in Smith County28th highest of 31
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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.