Ottawa County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ottawa County, Kansas, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,650 ft 500 m1,530 ft 465 m1,470 ft 445 m1,350 ft 410 m1,230 ft 375 m1,170 ft 355 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

Ottawa County averages about 1,340 ft (410 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,340 ft 410 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,650 ft 500 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,170 ft 355 m
on the southeast side

Ottawa County spans about 480 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 land1,340 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,650 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,170 ft355 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Minneapolis.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ottawa County, Kansas, shaded from 1,170 ft on the southeast side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
5,853 2024 est.
Land area
720.7 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
8.1 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. Mitchell County1,510 ft
  2. Lincoln County1,500 ft
  3. Cloud County1,440 ft
  4. Ottawa County1,340 ft
  5. Saline County1,320 ft
  6. Clay County1,290 ft
  7. Dickinson County1,270 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas64th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States967th highest of 3,151
All 28 towns in Ottawa County by typical elevation
  1. Stanton Township, Ottawa County1,550 ft
  2. Sherman Township, Ottawa County1,420 ft
  3. Durham Township1,400 ft
  4. Chapman Township1,400 ft
  5. Henry Township1,390 ft
  6. Grant Township, Ottawa County1,380 ft
  7. Wells1,370 ft
  8. Logan Township, Ottawa County1,360 ft
  9. Richland Township, Ottawa County1,340 ft
  10. Ottawa Township, Ottawa County1,330 ft
  11. Ada1,310 ft
  12. Sheridan Township, Ottawa County1,310 ft
  13. Delphos1,310 ft
  14. Fountain Township1,310 ft
  15. Minneapolis1,300 ft
  16. Morton Township, Ottawa County1,290 ft
  17. Tescott1,290 ft
  18. Blaine Township1,290 ft
  19. Garfield Township, Ottawa County1,270 ft
  20. Concord Township1,270 ft
  21. Culver Township1,260 ft
  22. Culver1,260 ft
  23. Center Township, Ottawa County1,250 ft
  24. Bennington Township1,240 ft
  25. Buckeye Township, Ottawa County1,240 ft
  26. Bennington1,240 ft
  27. Lincoln Township, Ottawa County1,220 ft
  28. Niles1,200 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, 1,170 ft at 38.9637° N, 97.4818° 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.