Russell County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Russell County, Kansas, shaded from 1,440 ft on the east side to 2,070 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,070 ft 630 m1,910 ft 580 m1,830 ft 560 m1,670 ft 510 m1,520 ft 460 m1,440 ft 440 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

Russell County averages about 1,750 ft (535 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,440 ft on the east side to 2,070 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,750 ft 535 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,070 ft 630 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the east side

Russell County spans about 630 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 land1,750 ft535 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
2,070 ft630 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,440 ft440 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Russell.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Russell County, Kansas, shaded from 1,440 ft on the east side to 2,070 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
6,620 2024 est.
Land area
886.3 sq mi + 13.2 sq mi water
Density
7.5 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. Rush County2,080 ft
  2. Ellis County2,040 ft
  3. Barton County1,880 ft
  4. Russell County1,750 ft
  5. Osborne County1,740 ft
  6. Ellsworth County1,670 ft
  7. Lincoln County1,500 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas43rd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States705th highest of 3,151
All 20 towns in Russell County by typical elevation
  1. Gorham1,910 ft
  2. Big Creek Township, Russell County1,910 ft
  3. Winterset Township1,880 ft
  4. Bunker Hill1,860 ft
  5. Lincoln Township, Russell County1,850 ft
  6. Center Township, Russell County1,840 ft
  7. Fairfield Township1,840 ft
  8. Russell1,830 ft
  9. Russell Township1,830 ft
  10. Grant Township, Russell County1,820 ft
  11. Paradise Township1,740 ft
  12. Dorrance1,730 ft
  13. Plymouth Township1,730 ft
  14. Waldo Township1,730 ft
  15. Waldo1,720 ft
  16. Paradise1,700 ft
  17. Luray Township1,580 ft
  18. Luray1,580 ft
  19. Fairview Township, Russell County1,500 ft
  20. Lucas1,500 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, 1,430 ft at 38.9760° N, 98.4910° 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.