Osborne County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Osborne County, Kansas, shaded from 1,460 ft on the northeast side to 2,090 ft on Mount Os
Elevation
2,090 ft 635 m1,930 ft 590 m1,850 ft 565 m1,690 ft 515 m1,540 ft 470 m1,460 ft 445 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.
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Elevation Data

Osborne County averages about 1,740 ft (530 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,460 ft on the northeast side to 2,090 ft on Mount Os.

Average elevation
1,740 ft 530 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,090 ft 635 m
on Mount Os
Lowest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the northeast side

Osborne County spans about 630 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 land1,740 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Os
2,090 ft635 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,460 ft445 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Osborne.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Osborne County, Kansas, shaded from 1,460 ft on the northeast side to 2,090 ft on Mount Os
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
3,353 2024 est.
Land area
892.5 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
Density
3.8 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. Ellis County2,040 ft
  2. Rooks County2,010 ft
  3. Smith County1,820 ft
  4. Russell County1,750 ft
  5. Osborne County1,740 ft
  6. Jewell County1,660 ft
  7. Mitchell County1,510 ft
  8. Lincoln County1,500 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas44th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States707th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Os2,090 ft
  • Round Mound, Osborne County2,050 ft
  • Sand Mound2,048 ft
  • Tabletop Hill2,000 ft
  • Pilot Mound1,950 ft
All 28 towns in Osborne County by typical elevation
  1. Round Mound Township2,000 ft
  2. Victor Township1,940 ft
  3. Liberty Township, Osborne County1,910 ft
  4. Mount Ayr Township1,890 ft
  5. Covert Township1,880 ft
  6. Natoma Township1,840 ft
  7. Natoma1,840 ft
  8. Kill Creek Township1,820 ft
  9. Grant Township, Osborne County1,810 ft
  10. Winfield Township1,790 ft
  11. Hawkeye Township1,770 ft
  12. Valley Township, Osborne County1,760 ft
  13. Independence Township, Osborne County1,720 ft
  14. Delhi Township1,700 ft
  15. Jackson Township, Osborne County1,700 ft
  16. Lawrence Township, Osborne County1,700 ft
  17. Hancock Township1,650 ft
  18. Sumner Township, Osborne County1,650 ft
  19. Alton1,650 ft
  20. Tilden Township1,640 ft
  21. Bloom Township, Osborne County1,640 ft
  22. Osborne1,550 ft
  23. Penn Township1,540 ft
  24. Portis1,540 ft
  25. Bethany Township1,540 ft
  26. Corinth Township1,520 ft
  27. Ross Township1,480 ft
  28. Downs1,480 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, 1,460 ft at 39.5015° N, 98.5296° 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.