Dresden, KS Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,740 ft 835 m2,720 ft 830 m2,710 ft 825 m2,690 ft 820 m2,680 ft 815 m2,670 ft 815 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
Dresden sits at about 2,730 ft (830 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
2,730 ft 830 m
few residents
Lowest
2,670 ft 815 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,740 ft 835 m
on the east side
Average
2,720 ft 830 m
all land inside city limits
Dresden spans about 70 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 2,730 ft830 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 2,740 ft835 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 2,670 ft815 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Dresden | 2,730 ft830 m |
| Average of all land | 2,720 ft830 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.9 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Decatur County, Kansas, United States
- Population
- 43 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 48 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.6242° N, 100.4224° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Prairie Dog Creek → Republican River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 67635
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Selden2,830 ft
- Prairie Dog Township2,770 ft
- Dresden Township, Decatur County2,730 ft
- Dresden2,730 ft
- Custer Township, Decatur County2,700 ft
- Lyon Township, Decatur County2,660 ft
- Altory Township2,650 ft
- Allison Township2,590 ft
- Pleasant Valley Township, Decatur County2,530 ft
- Jennings Township2,510 ft
- Jennings2,500 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kansas158th highest of 1,996
- Towns in Decatur County10th highest of 29
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.