Dighton, KS Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,780 ft 845 m2,770 ft 845 m2,760 ft 840 m2,750 ft 840 m2,740 ft 835 m2,740 ft 835 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
Dighton sits at about 2,770 ft (845 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,770 ft 845 m
most residents: 2,760–2,770 ft
Lowest
2,740 ft 835 m
on the south side
Highest
2,780 ft 845 m
on the southeast side
Average
2,760 ft 845 m
all land inside city limits
Dighton spans about 40 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,770 ft845 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 2,780 ft845 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 2,740 ft835 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Dighton | 2,770 ft845 m |
| Average of all land | 2,760 ft845 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Lane County, Kansas, United States
- Population
- 907 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,046 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.4820° N, 100.4671° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- South Fork Walnut Creek → Walnut Creek → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 67839
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Healy2,860 ft
- Cheyenne Township2,860 ft
- Wilson Township, Lane County2,790 ft
- Dighton2,770 ft
- Dighton Township2,770 ft
- White Rock Township, Lane County2,670 ft
- Alamota Township2,660 ft
- Utica2,620 ft
- Ohio Township, Ness County2,620 ft
- Eden Township, Ness County2,500 ft
- Johnson Township2,420 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kansas142nd highest of 1,996
- Towns in Lane County4th highest of 7
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.