Pawnee County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pawnee County, Kansas, shaded from 1,910 ft on the east side to 2,320 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,320 ft 705 m2,220 ft 675 m2,170 ft 660 m2,070 ft 630 m1,960 ft 600 m1,910 ft 585 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
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Elevation Data

Pawnee County averages about 2,080 ft (635 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,910 ft on the east side to 2,320 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,080 ft 635 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,320 ft 705 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,910 ft 585 m
on the east side

Pawnee County spans about 410 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 land2,080 ft635 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,320 ft705 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,910 ft585 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Larned.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pawnee County, Kansas, shaded from 1,910 ft on the east side to 2,320 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
6,012 2024 est.
Land area
754.3 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
8.0 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. Hodgeman County2,380 ft
  2. Ness County2,370 ft
  3. Edwards County2,170 ft
  4. Pawnee County2,080 ft
  5. Rush County2,080 ft
  6. Stafford County1,890 ft
  7. Barton County1,880 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas33rd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States594th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Jenkins Hill2,090 ft
All 25 towns in Pawnee County by typical elevation
  1. Lincoln Township, Pawnee County2,210 ft
  2. Shiley Township2,200 ft
  3. Sawmill Township2,190 ft
  4. Conkling Township2,170 ft
  5. Burdett2,120 ft
  6. Browns Grove Township2,110 ft
  7. Keysville Township2,110 ft
  8. Orange Township2,090 ft
  9. Morton Township, Pawnee County2,080 ft
  10. Garfield Township, Pawnee County2,080 ft
  11. Garfield2,070 ft
  12. Rozel2,070 ft
  13. Grant Township, Pawnee County2,070 ft
  14. Pleasant Ridge Township2,070 ft
  15. Ash Valley Township2,070 ft
  16. Pleasant Valley Township, Pawnee County2,050 ft
  17. Larned2,030 ft
  18. Pleasant Grove Township2,020 ft
  19. Pawnee Township2,020 ft
  20. Santa Fe Township2,020 ft
  21. Walnut Township, Pawnee County2,020 ft
  22. Valley Center Township, Pawnee County2,010 ft
  23. Larned Township2,000 ft
  24. Logan Township, Pawnee County1,990 ft
  25. River Township1,950 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.
  • 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.