Nickerson, 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 m1,590 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

Nickerson sits at about 1,590 ft (485 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,590 ft 485 m

most residents: 1,590–1,600 ft

Lowest

1,590 ft 485 m

on the northeast side

Highest

1,600 ft 490 m

on the northwest side

Average

1,600 ft 485 m

all land inside city limits

Nickerson is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,590 ft485 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side	1,600 ft490 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side	1,590 ft485 m
Town center USGS map point for Nickerson	1,590 ft485 m
Average of all land	1,600 ft485 m

Topographic Map

Location: City in Reno County, Kansas, United States
Population: 1,052 2024 est.
Land area: 1.3 sq mi
Density: 812 per sq mi
Coordinates: 38.1472° N, 98.0837° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Great Plains
Drains to: Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1: 67561

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

The Highlands1,690 ft
Medford Township1,680 ft
East Washington Township1,650 ft
Enterprise Township, Reno County1,650 ft
Sterling Township1,650 ft
Sterling1,640 ft
West Washington Township1,600 ft
Salt Creek Township1,600 ft
Nickerson1,590 ft
Grant Township, Reno County1,590 ft
Willowbrook1,560 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Kansas692nd highest of 1,996
Towns in Reno County25th highest of 47

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); BTS time zones. All public domain.