Elk County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk County, Kansas, shaded from 820 ft on the southeast side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,650 ft 505 m1,440 ft 440 m1,340 ft 410 m1,130 ft 345 m920 ft 280 m820 ft 250 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

Elk County averages about 1,120 ft (340 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 820 ft on the southeast side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,120 ft 340 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,650 ft 505 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the southeast side

Elk County spans about 830 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 land1,120 ft340 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,650 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

31 mi west to east through Howard Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk County, Kansas, shaded from 820 ft on the southeast side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
2,436 2024 est.
Land area
644.3 sq mi + 6.2 sq mi water
Density
3.8 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. Greenwood County1,180 ft
  4. Elk County1,120 ft
  5. Chautauqua County970 ft
  6. Wilson County920 ft
  7. Montgomery County830 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas79th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,216th highest of 3,151
All 15 towns in Elk County by typical elevation
  1. Union Center Township1,180 ft
  2. Paw Paw Township1,130 ft
  3. Greenfield Township1,130 ft
  4. Grenola1,130 ft
  5. Painterhood Township1,070 ft
  6. Wildcat Township, Elk County1,050 ft
  7. Moline1,040 ft
  8. Howard Township1,030 ft
  9. Howard1,030 ft
  10. Liberty Township, Elk County1,010 ft
  11. Elk Falls Township960 ft
  12. Oak Valley Township960 ft
  13. Elk Falls960 ft
  14. Longton Township920 ft
  15. Longton910 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.