Lakin Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,250 ft 990 m3,180 ft 970 m3,140 ft 960 m3,070 ft 935 m3,000 ft 915 m2,970 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
Lakin Township sits at about 3,010 ft (915 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,010 ft 915 m
most residents: 3,000–3,020 ft
Lowest
2,970 ft 905 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,250 ft 990 m
on the northwest side
Average
3,130 ft 955 m
all land inside township boundaries
Lakin Township spans about 280 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 | 3,010 ft915 m |
| Highest point Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side | 3,250 ft990 m |
| Lowest point Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side | 2,970 ft905 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Lakin Township | 3,000 ft915 m |
| Airport (36K) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 3,076 ft938 m |
| Average of all land | 3,130 ft955 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
10 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,010 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.4 °F96.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
90% of sea level
26.8 inHg (90.8 kPa): each breath holds 10% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.8% 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 Kearny County, Kansas, United States
- Population
- 2,397 2024 est.
- Land area
- 63.3 sq mi
- Density
- 38 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 37.9406° N, 101.2549° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Kearny County (36K) 3,076 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- West Hibbard Township3,270 ft
- Hartland Township3,250 ft
- East Hibbard Township3,120 ft
- Kendall Township3,100 ft
- Lakin Township3,010 ft
- Lakin3,010 ft
- Southside Township3,000 ft
- Deerfield Township2,980 ft
- Deerfield2,970 ft
- Sherlock Township2,880 ft
- Holcomb2,880 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kansas82nd highest of 1,996
- Towns in Kearny County5th highest of 9
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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.