Rice County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice County, Kansas, shaded from 1,510 ft on the east side to 1,860 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,860 ft 565 m1,770 ft 540 m1,730 ft 525 m1,640 ft 500 m1,560 ft 475 m1,510 ft 460 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Rice County averages about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,510 ft on the east side to 1,860 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the east side

Rice County spans about 350 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 land1,690 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,860 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Lyons.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice County, Kansas, shaded from 1,510 ft on the east side to 1,860 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
9,284 2024 est.
Land area
726.2 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
13 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. Stafford County1,890 ft
  2. Barton County1,880 ft
  3. Rice County1,690 ft
  4. Ellsworth County1,670 ft
  5. Reno County1,600 ft
  6. McPherson County1,490 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas45th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States743rd highest of 3,151
All 28 towns in Rice County by typical elevation
  1. Bushton1,770 ft
  2. Farmer Township1,770 ft
  3. Pioneer Township, Rice County1,760 ft
  4. Geneseo1,750 ft
  5. Victoria Township1,750 ft
  6. Raymond Township1,740 ft
  7. Eureka Township, Rice County1,730 ft
  8. Raymond1,720 ft
  9. Bell Township, Rice County1,720 ft
  10. Mitchell Township, Rice County1,720 ft
  11. Lincoln Township, Rice County1,720 ft
  12. Chase1,720 ft
  13. Harrison Township, Rice County1,710 ft
  14. Center Township, Rice County1,700 ft
  15. Galt Township1,690 ft
  16. Lyons1,690 ft
  17. Alden1,680 ft
  18. Valley Township, Rice County1,680 ft
  19. Odessa Township1,680 ft
  20. Wilson Township, Rice County1,670 ft
  21. Atlanta Township1,660 ft
  22. East Washington Township1,650 ft
  23. Sterling Township1,650 ft
  24. Sterling1,640 ft
  25. Union Township, Rice County1,610 ft
  26. Little River1,610 ft
  27. West Washington Township1,600 ft
  28. Rockville Township1,580 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.