Mound City, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mound City, Kansas, shaded from 820 ft near the middle to 1,020 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,020 ft 310 m970 ft 295 m940 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m820 ft 250 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Mound City sits at about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
870 ft 265 m
most residents: 860–900 ft
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
near the middle
Highest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the west side
Average
900 ft 275 m
all land inside city limits

Mound City spans about 200 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
870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,020 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mound City
880 ft270 m
Airport (1KS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi east of the city limits
860 ft262 m
Average of all land900 ft275 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.2 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mound City, Kansas, shaded from 820 ft near the middle to 1,020 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Linn County, Kansas, United States
Population
640 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
554 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.1428° N, 94.8136° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Marais des Cygnes River → Osage River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Linn County (1KS) 860 ft
ZIP codes 1
66056
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Paris Township940 ft
  2. Stanton Township, Linn County890 ft
  3. Mound City Township890 ft
  4. Prescott890 ft
  5. Sheridan Township, Linn County880 ft
  6. Mapleton880 ft
  7. Timberhill Township880 ft
  8. Mound City870 ft
  9. Potosi Township860 ft
  10. Pleasanton860 ft
  11. Fulton840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Guthrie Mountain1,010 ft
  • Graveyard Mound950 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.