Lake City, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake City, Kansas, shaded from 1,600 ft on the southeast side to 1,710 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,710 ft 520 m1,680 ft 515 m1,670 ft 510 m1,640 ft 500 m1,610 ft 490 m1,600 ft 485 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

Lake City sits at about 1,630 ft (495 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,630 ft 495 m
few residents
Lowest
1,600 ft 485 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,630 ft 500 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Lake City spans about 110 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,630 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side
1,710 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,600 ft485 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lake City
1,620 ft495 m
Average of all land1,630 ft500 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lake City, Kansas, shaded from 1,600 ft on the southeast side to 1,710 ft on the northwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Barber County, Kansas, United States
Population
47 2020 Census
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
20 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.3534° N, 98.8209° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Medicine Lodge River → Salt Fork Arkansas River → Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
67071
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. 10, Pratt County1,980 ft
  2. Coats1,970 ft
  3. Deerhead Township1,920 ft
  4. McAdoo Township1,890 ft
  5. Turkey Creek Township, Barber County1,850 ft
  6. Sun City Township1,820 ft
  7. Elm Mills Township1,750 ft
  8. Sun City1,680 ft
  9. Lake City Township1,630 ft
  10. Lake City1,630 ft
  11. Mingona Township1,550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Gypsum Hills1,860 ft
  • Twin Peaks1,770 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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.
  • Lake City 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.