Mahaska, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,620 ft 495 m1,610 ft 490 m1,610 ft 490 m1,600 ft 485 m1,590 ft 485 m1,580 ft 485 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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.
City area: Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mahaska sits at about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,600 ft 490 m

few residents

Lowest

1,580 ft 485 m

on the south side

Highest

1,610 ft 490 m

on the northeast side

Average

1,600 ft 490 m

all land inside city limits

Mahaska spans about 30 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,600 ft490 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side	1,610 ft490 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the south side	1,580 ft485 m
Town center USGS map point for Mahaska	1,600 ft485 m
Average of all land	1,600 ft490 m

Topographic Map

Location: City in Washington County, Kansas, United States
Population: 44 2024 est.
Land area: 0.2 sq mi
Density: 197 per sq mi
Coordinates: 39.9875° N, 97.3542° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Great Plains
Drains to: Mill Creek → Little Blue River → Big Blue River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 66955

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Rose Creek Township1,630 ft
Mahaska1,600 ft
Union Township, Washington County1,600 ft
Narka1,580 ft
Albion Township, Republic County1,580 ft
Farmington Township, Republic County1,540 ft
Lowe Township1,520 ft
Hubbell, NE1,460 ft
Reynolds, NE1,410 ft
Haddam Township1,400 ft
Haddam1,390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Kansas682nd highest of 1,996
Towns in Washington Countyhighest of 36

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.