Cherokee County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee County, Kansas, shaded from 760 ft on the southwest side to 1,050 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m980 ft 300 m940 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m800 ft 245 m760 ft 230 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

Cherokee County averages about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 760 ft on the southwest side to 1,050 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
870 ft 265 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the southwest side

Cherokee County spans about 290 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 land870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

25 mi west to east through Baxter Springs.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherokee County, Kansas, shaded from 760 ft on the southwest side to 1,050 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
19,133 2024 est.
Land area
587.6 sq mi + 3.5 sq mi water
Density
33 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
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. Newton County, MO1,140 ft
  2. Jasper County, MO1,000 ft
  3. Crawford County940 ft
  4. Labette County870 ft
  5. Cherokee County870 ft
  6. Ottawa County, OK840 ft
  7. Craig County, OK800 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas103rd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,667th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Blue Mound, Cherokee County970 ft
  • Bell Mound930 ft
All 25 towns in Cherokee County by typical elevation
  1. Galena940 ft
  2. Weir920 ft
  3. Cherokee Township, Cherokee County920 ft
  4. Roseland920 ft
  5. Mineral Township920 ft
  6. Scammon910 ft
  7. Ross Township, Cherokee County900 ft
  8. West Mineral900 ft
  9. Salamanca Township900 ft
  10. Columbus900 ft
  11. Crawford Township, Cherokee County890 ft
  12. Pleasant View Township880 ft
  13. Sheridan Township, Cherokee County880 ft
  14. Crestline870 ft
  15. Lyon Township870 ft
  16. Shawnee Township870 ft
  17. Lowell860 ft
  18. Lowell Township860 ft
  19. Garden Township850 ft
  20. Hallowell840 ft
  21. Lola Township840 ft
  22. Baxter Springs840 ft
  23. Spring Valley Township840 ft
  24. Neosho Township840 ft
  25. Riverton830 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.