Pottawatomie County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, shaded from 910 ft on the southeast side to 1,560 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,560 ft 475 m1,400 ft 425 m1,320 ft 400 m1,160 ft 350 m990 ft 305 m910 ft 280 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Pottawatomie County averages about 1,220 ft (375 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 910 ft on the southeast side to 1,560 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,220 ft 375 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the north side
Lowest
910 ft 280 m
on the southeast side

Pottawatomie County spans about 650 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 land1,220 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,560 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
910 ft280 m

Elevation profile, south to north

25 mi south to north through Wamego Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, shaded from 910 ft on the southeast side to 1,560 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
26,876 2024 est.
Land area
840.7 sq mi + 20.9 sq mi water
Density
32 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Marshall County1,300 ft
  2. Wabaunsee County1,250 ft
  3. Nemaha County1,250 ft
  4. Riley County1,250 ft
  5. Pottawatomie County1,220 ft
  6. Jackson County1,120 ft
  7. Shawnee County1,010 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas75th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,090th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Ephraim1,310 ft
All 34 towns in Pottawatomie County by typical elevation
  1. Wheaton1,500 ft
  2. Lone Tree Township, Pottawatomie County1,490 ft
  3. Clear Creek Township, Pottawatomie County1,440 ft
  4. Olsburg1,420 ft
  5. Blue Valley Township1,410 ft
  6. Shannon Township, Pottawatomie County1,400 ft
  7. Sherman Township, Pottawatomie County1,380 ft
  8. Spring Creek Township, Pottawatomie County1,350 ft
  9. Lincoln Township, Pottawatomie County1,320 ft
  10. Green Township1,310 ft
  11. Grant Township, Pottawatomie County1,210 ft
  12. Havensville1,200 ft
  13. Rock Creek Township, Pottawatomie County1,200 ft
  14. Westmoreland1,200 ft
  15. Pottawatomie Township1,200 ft
  16. St. Clere Township1,180 ft
  17. Union Township, Pottawatomie County1,180 ft
  18. Mill Creek Township1,150 ft
  19. Onaga1,150 ft
  20. St. George Township1,120 ft
  21. Vienna Township1,110 ft
  22. Center Township, Pottawatomie County1,080 ft
  23. Blue Township1,060 ft
  24. St. George1,060 ft
  25. Emmett Township1,050 ft
  26. Louisville Township1,040 ft
  27. Emmett1,030 ft
  28. Wamego Township1,030 ft
  29. Wamego1,020 ft
  30. St. Marys Township1,020 ft
  31. Louisville1,000 ft
  32. St. Marys990 ft
  33. Belvue Township960 ft
  34. Belvue960 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.