Madison Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,030 ft on the east side to 1,380 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,290 ft 395 m1,250 ft 380 m1,160 ft 355 m1,070 ft 325 m1,030 ft 315 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
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

Madison Township sits at about 1,290 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,290 ft 395 m
most residents: 1,270–1,330 ft
Lowest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the east side
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
on the north side
Average
1,270 ft 385 m
all land inside township boundaries

Madison Township spans about 350 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,290 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,380 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,030 ft315 m
Airport (MHK)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi east of the township boundaries
1,066 ft325 m
Average of all land1,270 ft385 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.1 mi west to east through the middle of Madison Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Madison Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,030 ft on the east side to 1,380 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Riley County, Kansas, United States
Population
9,326 2024 est.
Land area
141.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
66 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.1184° N, 96.8036° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Manhattan Regional (MHK) 1,066 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Madison Township1,290 ft
  2. Fort Riley1,290 ft
  3. Milford Township1,210 ft
  4. Milford1,210 ft
  5. Junction City1,180 ft
  6. Smoky Hill Township1,150 ft
  7. Keats1,130 ft
  8. Jefferson Township1,130 ft
  9. Grandview Plaza1,120 ft
  10. Ogden Township1,060 ft
  11. Ogden1,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Caisson Hill1,330 ft
  • Carpenter Hill1,320 ft
  • Artillery Hill1,300 ft
  • 22nd Battery Hill1,300 ft
  • Campbell Hill1,290 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).
  • 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.