Rossville, KS Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
940 ft 285 m930 ft 285 m930 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m910 ft 280 m910 ft 275 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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- City area
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Elevation Data
Rossville sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
910 ft 275 m
on the west side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the northwest side
Average
930 ft 285 m
all land inside city limits
Rossville is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 930 ft285 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northwest side | 930 ft285 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 910 ft275 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Rossville | 930 ft285 m |
| Average of all land | 930 ft285 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States
- Population
- 1,090 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 1,968 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.1361° N, 95.9517° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 66533
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- St. Marys Township1,020 ft
- Grove Township1,010 ft
- St. Marys990 ft
- Delia980 ft
- Maple Hill Township970 ft
- Maple Hill970 ft
- Rossville Township930 ft
- Rossville930 ft
- Willard930 ft
- Silver Lake Township910 ft
- Silver Lake910 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Kansas1,818th highest of 1,996
- Towns in Shawnee County16th highest of 19
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Buffalo Mound1,270 ft
- Burnett Mound1,142 ft
- Peanaz Hill1,030 ft
- Hickory Knob1,020 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
- 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.