Fort Riley, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Riley, Kansas, shaded from 1,130 ft on the south side to 1,360 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,360 ft 415 m1,310 ft 400 m1,280 ft 390 m1,220 ft 370 m1,160 ft 355 m1,130 ft 345 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fort Riley sits at about 1,290 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,290 ft 395 m
most residents: 1,250–1,330 ft
Lowest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the south side
Highest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the north side
Average
1,290 ft 395 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Fort Riley spans about 230 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,290 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,360 ft415 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side
1,130 ft345 m
Airport (MHK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.8 mi east of the CDP boundary
1,066 ft325 m
Average of all land1,290 ft395 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.6 mi south to north through the middle of Fort Riley.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fort Riley, Kansas, shaded from 1,130 ft on the south side to 1,360 ft on the north side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Riley and Geary counties, Kansas, United States
Population
9,230 2020 Census
Land area
6.4 sq mi
Density
1,440 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0996° N, 96.8113° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Manhattan Regional (MHK) 1,066 ft
ZIP codes 1
66442
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wingfield Township1,300 ft
  2. Madison Township1,290 ft
  3. Fort Riley1,290 ft
  4. Milford Township1,210 ft
  5. Milford1,210 ft
  6. Junction City1,180 ft
  7. Smoky Hill Township1,150 ft
  8. Jefferson Township1,130 ft
  9. Grandview Plaza1,120 ft
  10. Ogden Township1,060 ft
  11. Ogden1,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Custer Hill1,360 ft
  • Morris Hill1,340 ft
  • Harvey Hill1,330 ft
  • Caisson Hill1,330 ft
  • Randolph Hill1,330 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Fort Riley is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.