Mitchell County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mitchell County, Kansas, shaded from 1,300 ft on the east side to 1,910 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,760 ft 535 m1,680 ft 510 m1,530 ft 465 m1,380 ft 420 m1,300 ft 395 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

Mitchell County averages about 1,510 ft (460 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,300 ft on the east side to 1,910 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the east side

Mitchell County spans about 610 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 land1,510 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,300 ft395 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Beloit.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mitchell County, Kansas, shaded from 1,300 ft on the east side to 1,910 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
5,803 2024 est.
Land area
701.8 sq mi + 17.4 sq mi water
Density
8.3 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
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. Osborne County1,740 ft
  2. Jewell County1,660 ft
  3. Mitchell County1,510 ft
  4. Lincoln County1,500 ft
  5. Cloud County1,440 ft
  6. Ottawa County1,340 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas52nd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States846th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Williams Butte1,840 ft
All 25 towns in Mitchell County by typical elevation
  1. Custer Township1,610 ft
  2. Hunter1,600 ft
  3. Tipton1,600 ft
  4. Pittsburg Township1,600 ft
  5. Blue Hill Township1,580 ft
  6. Scottsville1,560 ft
  7. Eureka Township, Mitchell County1,510 ft
  8. Carr Creek Township1,510 ft
  9. Walnut Creek Township1,510 ft
  10. Cawker Township1,490 ft
  11. Cawker City1,490 ft
  12. Turkey Creek Township, Mitchell County1,480 ft
  13. Bloomfield Township1,480 ft
  14. Round Springs Township1,470 ft
  15. Plum Creek Township1,470 ft
  16. Solomon Rapids Township1,470 ft
  17. Salt Creek Township, Mitchell County1,430 ft
  18. Asherville Township1,420 ft
  19. Glen Elder Township1,420 ft
  20. Glen Elder1,420 ft
  21. Beloit1,410 ft
  22. Beloit Township1,390 ft
  23. Asherville1,350 ft
  24. Logan Township, Mitchell County1,330 ft
  25. Simpson1,330 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,300 ft at 39.3687° N, 97.9307° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.