Decatur County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Decatur County, Kansas, shaded from 2,340 ft on the northeast side to 2,970 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,970 ft 905 m2,820 ft 860 m2,740 ft 835 m2,580 ft 785 m2,420 ft 735 m2,340 ft 710 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

Decatur County averages about 2,660 ft (810 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,340 ft on the northeast side to 2,970 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
2,660 ft 810 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,970 ft 905 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
2,340 ft 710 m
on the northeast side

Decatur County spans about 630 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 land2,660 ft810 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,970 ft905 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
2,340 ft710 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Oberlin.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Decatur County, Kansas, shaded from 2,340 ft on the northeast side to 2,970 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
2,716 2024 est.
Land area
893.5 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
3.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
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. Thomas County3,180 ft
  2. Rawlins County3,070 ft
  3. Sheridan County2,740 ft
  4. Decatur County2,660 ft
  5. Red Willow County, NE2,560 ft
  6. Norton County2,350 ft
  7. Furnas County, NE2,280 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas22nd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States447th highest of 3,151
All 30 towns in Decatur County by typical elevation
  1. Cook Township2,880 ft
  2. Bassettville Township2,810 ft
  3. Logan Township, Decatur County2,800 ft
  4. Summit Township, Decatur County2,780 ft
  5. Prairie Dog Township2,770 ft
  6. Sappa Township2,760 ft
  7. Dresden Township, Decatur County2,730 ft
  8. Finley Township2,730 ft
  9. Liberty Township, Decatur County2,730 ft
  10. Dresden2,730 ft
  11. Custer Township, Decatur County2,700 ft
  12. Oberlin Township2,670 ft
  13. Lyon Township, Decatur County2,660 ft
  14. Sherman Township, Decatur County2,650 ft
  15. Altory Township2,650 ft
  16. Lincoln Township, Decatur County2,630 ft
  17. Norcatur2,630 ft
  18. Center Township, Decatur County2,620 ft
  19. Roosevelt Township2,610 ft
  20. Allison Township2,590 ft
  21. Beaver Township, Decatur County2,570 ft
  22. Oberlin2,570 ft
  23. Garfield Township, Decatur County2,560 ft
  24. Olive Township2,540 ft
  25. Harlan Township, Decatur County2,540 ft
  26. Pleasant Valley Township, Decatur County2,530 ft
  27. Jennings Township2,510 ft
  28. Jennings2,500 ft
  29. Grant Township, Decatur County2,480 ft
  30. Clayton partly2,420 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.