Cowley County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cowley County, Kansas, shaded from 920 ft on the southeast side to 1,590 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,590 ft 485 m1,420 ft 435 m1,340 ft 410 m1,170 ft 355 m1,000 ft 305 m920 ft 280 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Cowley County averages about 1,260 ft (385 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 920 ft on the southeast side to 1,590 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,590 ft 485 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
920 ft 280 m
on the southeast side

Cowley County spans about 670 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 land1,260 ft385 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,590 ft485 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
920 ft280 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Arkansas City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cowley County, Kansas, shaded from 920 ft on the southeast side to 1,590 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
34,186 2024 est.
Land area
1,125.7 sq mi + 6.7 sq mi water
Density
30 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. Butler County1,390 ft
  2. Cowley County1,260 ft
  3. Sumner County1,230 ft
  4. Elk County1,120 ft
  5. Kay County, OK1,070 ft
  6. Chautauqua County970 ft
  7. Osage County, OK940 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas70th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,043rd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hogback Hill1,240 ft
All 37 towns in Cowley County by typical elevation
  1. Harvey Township1,440 ft
  2. Atlanta1,420 ft
  3. Omnia Township1,420 ft
  4. Burden1,390 ft
  5. Silver Creek Township1,390 ft
  6. Sheridan Township, Cowley County1,320 ft
  7. Grant Township, Cowley County1,320 ft
  8. Spring Creek Township, Cowley County1,320 ft
  9. Richland Township, Cowley County1,300 ft
  10. Tisdale Township1,280 ft
  11. Udall1,280 ft
  12. Ninnescah Township, Cowley County1,280 ft
  13. Cambridge1,270 ft
  14. Windsor Township1,270 ft
  15. Salem Township, Cowley County1,260 ft
  16. Maple Township1,260 ft
  17. New Salem1,250 ft
  18. Liberty Township, Cowley County1,250 ft
  19. Fairview Township, Cowley County1,210 ft
  20. Silverdale Township1,210 ft
  21. Cedar Township, Cowley County1,210 ft
  22. Rock Creek Township, Cowley County1,200 ft
  23. Otter Township1,200 ft
  24. Walnut Township, Cowley County1,190 ft
  25. Dexter Township1,190 ft
  26. Pleasant Valley Township1,190 ft
  27. Dexter1,180 ft
  28. Vernon Township1,180 ft
  29. Rock1,170 ft
  30. Parkerfield1,170 ft
  31. Creswell Township1,160 ft
  32. Beaver Township, Cowley County1,160 ft
  33. Bolton Township1,150 ft
  34. Winfield1,140 ft
  35. Geuda Springs partly1,130 ft
  36. Silverdale1,100 ft
  37. Arkansas City1,100 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.