Marion County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marion County, Kansas, shaded from 1,230 ft on the southeast side to 1,600 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,600 ft 490 m1,510 ft 460 m1,460 ft 445 m1,370 ft 415 m1,280 ft 390 m1,230 ft 375 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.
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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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Marion County averages about 1,430 ft (435 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,230 ft on the southeast side to 1,600 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,430 ft 435 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,600 ft 490 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,230 ft 375 m
on the southeast side

Marion 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 land1,430 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,600 ft490 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,230 ft375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Hillsboro.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Marion County, Kansas, shaded from 1,230 ft on the southeast side to 1,600 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
11,670 2024 est.
Land area
944.3 sq mi + 9.4 sq mi water
Density
12 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

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. McPherson County1,490 ft
  2. Harvey County1,440 ft
  3. Marion County1,430 ft
  4. Morris County1,400 ft
  5. Butler County1,390 ft
  6. Chase County1,370 ft
  7. Dickinson County1,270 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas57th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States901st highest of 3,151
All 31 towns in Marion County by typical elevation
  1. Goessel1,540 ft
  2. West Branch Township1,530 ft
  3. Lehigh1,530 ft
  4. Lehigh Township1,530 ft
  5. Menno Township1,520 ft
  6. Burns1,500 ft
  7. Lost Springs1,490 ft
  8. Logan Township, Marion County1,480 ft
  9. East Branch Township1,480 ft
  10. Clear Creek Township1,430 ft
  11. Hillsboro1,430 ft
  12. Pilsen1,430 ft
  13. Grant Township, Marion County1,430 ft
  14. Tampa1,420 ft
  15. Ramona1,420 ft
  16. Lincolnville1,420 ft
  17. Catlin Township1,400 ft
  18. Liberty Township, Marion County1,400 ft
  19. Risley Township1,400 ft
  20. Durham Park Township1,390 ft
  21. Durham1,390 ft
  22. Eastshore1,380 ft
  23. Peabody Township1,380 ft
  24. Peabody1,380 ft
  25. Gale Township1,380 ft
  26. Wilson Township, Marion County1,370 ft
  27. Centre Township1,370 ft
  28. Doyle Township1,360 ft
  29. Fairplay Township1,350 ft
  30. Marion1,340 ft
  31. Florence1,270 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.