Ellsworth County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ellsworth County, Kansas, shaded from 1,390 ft on the northeast side to 1,950 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,950 ft 595 m1,810 ft 550 m1,740 ft 530 m1,600 ft 490 m1,460 ft 445 m1,390 ft 425 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
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Elevation Data

Ellsworth County averages about 1,670 ft (510 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,390 ft on the northeast side to 1,950 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,670 ft 510 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,950 ft 595 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the northeast side

Ellsworth County spans about 560 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 land1,670 ft510 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,950 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,390 ft425 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Ellsworth.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ellsworth County, Kansas, shaded from 1,390 ft on the northeast side to 1,950 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
6,316 2024 est.
Land area
715.6 sq mi + 7.7 sq mi water
Density
8.8 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. Barton County1,880 ft
  2. Russell County1,750 ft
  3. Rice County1,690 ft
  4. Ellsworth County1,670 ft
  5. Lincoln County1,500 ft
  6. McPherson County1,490 ft
  7. Saline County1,320 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas46th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States752nd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Buzzard Roost1,640 ft
All 24 towns in Ellsworth County by typical elevation
  1. Palacky Township1,880 ft
  2. Valley Township, Ellsworth County1,810 ft
  3. Holyrood1,810 ft
  4. Lorraine1,790 ft
  5. Green Garden Township1,790 ft
  6. Lincoln Township, Ellsworth County1,760 ft
  7. Thomas Township1,730 ft
  8. Sherman Township, Ellsworth County1,710 ft
  9. Columbia Township1,700 ft
  10. Wilson Township1,680 ft
  11. Wilson1,680 ft
  12. Noble Township, Ellsworth County1,680 ft
  13. Trivoli Township1,660 ft
  14. Clear Creek Township, Ellsworth County1,630 ft
  15. Ash Creek Township1,630 ft
  16. Garfield Township, Ellsworth County1,610 ft
  17. Black Wolf Township1,610 ft
  18. Ellsworth1,590 ft
  19. Ellsworth Township1,580 ft
  20. Kanopolis1,580 ft
  21. Empire Township, Ellsworth County1,570 ft
  22. Carneiro Township1,560 ft
  23. Mulberry Township1,550 ft
  24. Langley Township1,550 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.