Linn County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Linn County, Kansas, shaded from 750 ft on the east side to 1,120 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,120 ft 340 m1,030 ft 315 m980 ft 300 m890 ft 270 m800 ft 240 m750 ft 230 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Linn County averages about 920 ft (280 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 750 ft on the east side to 1,120 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
920 ft 280 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,120 ft 340 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the east side

Linn County spans about 370 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 land920 ft280 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,120 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Lincoln Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Linn County, Kansas, shaded from 750 ft on the east side to 1,120 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
9,841 2024 est.
Land area
594.1 sq mi + 12.3 sq mi water
Density
17 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

All 19 towns in Linn County by typical elevation
  1. Blue Mound1,040 ft
  2. Blue Mound Township1,040 ft
  3. Parker1,000 ft
  4. Liberty Township990 ft
  5. Centerville Township, Linn County950 ft
  6. Paris Township940 ft
  7. Linn Valley930 ft
  8. Scott Township, Linn County920 ft
  9. Centerville910 ft
  10. Stanton Township, Linn County890 ft
  11. Mound City Township890 ft
  12. Prescott890 ft
  13. Sheridan Township, Linn County880 ft
  14. Mound City870 ft
  15. Potosi Township860 ft
  16. Lincoln Township860 ft
  17. Pleasanton860 ft
  18. La Cygne830 ft
  19. Valley Township, Linn County830 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.
  • 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.