Isbel Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,170 ft 965 m3,120 ft 950 m3,090 ft 940 m3,040 ft 925 m2,990 ft 910 m2,960 ft 905 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Isbel Township sits at about 3,120 ft (950 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,120 ft 950 m
most residents: 3,030–3,140 ft
Lowest
2,960 ft 905 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,170 ft 965 m
on the southwest side
Average
3,100 ft 945 m
all land inside township boundaries
Isbel Township spans about 210 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,120 ft950 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side | 3,170 ft965 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side | 2,960 ft905 m |
| Average of all land | 3,100 ft945 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
7.9 mi west to east through the middle of Isbel Township.
Altitude Effects
What 3,120 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.2 °F96.8 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
89% of sea level
26.7 inHg (90.4 kPa): each breath holds 11% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.7% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Township in Scott County, Kansas, United States
- Population
- 87 2024 est.
- Land area
- 79.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1.1 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 38.4919° N, 101.0680° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Closed basin (does not reach the sea)
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Augustine Township3,340 ft
- Leoti3,300 ft
- Marienthal3,220 ft
- Isbel Township3,120 ft
- Paxton Township3,070 ft
- Beaver Township3,070 ft
- Scott City2,970 ft
- Shallow Water2,950 ft
- Terry Township2,900 ft
- Elkader Township2,880 ft
- Lees Township2,850 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kansas66th highest of 1,996
- Towns in Scott Countyhighest of 4
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pawnee Mound3,000 ft
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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.