Great Bend Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Great Bend Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,800 ft on the northeast side to 1,920 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,920 ft 585 m1,890 ft 575 m1,870 ft 570 m1,840 ft 560 m1,810 ft 550 m1,800 ft 550 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Great Bend Township sits at about 1,860 ft (565 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,860 ft 565 m
most residents: 1,840–1,900 ft
Lowest
1,800 ft 550 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,920 ft 585 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,850 ft 565 m
all land inside township boundaries

Great Bend Township spans about 120 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
1,860 ft565 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,920 ft585 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,800 ft550 m
Airport (GBD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.6 mi southwest of the township boundaries
1,887 ft575 m
Average of all land1,850 ft565 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.0 mi west to east through the middle of Great Bend Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Great Bend Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,800 ft on the northeast side to 1,920 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Barton County, Kansas, United States
Population
1,398 2024 est.
Land area
40.1 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
35 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.3921° N, 98.7640° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Great Bend Municipal (GBD) 1,887 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Eureka Township, Barton County1,910 ft
  2. Liberty Township, Barton County1,890 ft
  3. Buffalo Township, Barton County1,890 ft
  4. South Bend Township1,860 ft
  5. Great Bend Township1,860 ft
  6. Great Bend1,850 ft
  7. Hoisington1,840 ft
  8. South Homestead Township1,840 ft
  9. Comanche Township1,820 ft
  10. Lakin Township, Barton County1,790 ft
  11. Ellinwood1,790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.