Greenwood County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greenwood County, Kansas, shaded from 870 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,470 ft 445 m1,370 ft 415 m1,170 ft 355 m970 ft 295 m870 ft 265 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Greenwood County averages about 1,180 ft (360 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 870 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,180 ft 360 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the southeast side

Greenwood County spans about 800 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 land1,180 ft360 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

31 mi west to east through Eureka.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Greenwood County, Kansas, shaded from 870 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 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
5,871 2024 est.
Land area
1,143.3 sq mi + 9.3 sq mi water
Density
5.1 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. Chase County1,370 ft
  3. Lyon County1,210 ft
  4. Greenwood County1,180 ft
  5. Elk County1,120 ft
  6. Coffey County1,100 ft
  7. Woodson County1,040 ft
  8. Wilson County920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas77th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,143rd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Temple Knob1,650 ft
  • Tipperary Hill1,140 ft
  • Rocky Mound1,040 ft
All 24 towns in Greenwood County by typical elevation
  1. Salem Township, Greenwood County1,410 ft
  2. South Salem Township1,250 ft
  3. Spring Creek Township, Greenwood County1,230 ft
  4. Piedmont1,220 ft
  5. Otter Creek Township1,200 ft
  6. Eureka Township, Greenwood County1,160 ft
  7. Shell Rock Township1,140 ft
  8. Madison Township, Greenwood County1,120 ft
  9. Twin Grove Township1,110 ft
  10. Madison1,110 ft
  11. Severy1,110 ft
  12. Janesville Township1,100 ft
  13. Hamilton1,100 ft
  14. Bachelor Township1,090 ft
  15. Eureka1,080 ft
  16. Fall River Township, Greenwood County1,070 ft
  17. Climax1,040 ft
  18. Pleasant Grove Township, Greenwood County990 ft
  19. Lane Township, Greenwood County990 ft
  20. Virgil990 ft
  21. Salt Springs Township990 ft
  22. Quincy Township970 ft
  23. Neal960 ft
  24. Fall River930 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 870 ft at 37.6112° N, 95.9887° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.