Saline County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saline County, Kansas, shaded from 1,140 ft on the northeast side to 1,660 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,660 ft 505 m1,530 ft 465 m1,470 ft 445 m1,340 ft 405 m1,210 ft 370 m1,140 ft 350 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

Saline County averages about 1,320 ft (405 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,140 ft on the northeast side to 1,660 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,320 ft 405 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,660 ft 505 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the northeast side

Saline County spans about 520 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 land1,320 ft405 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,660 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,140 ft350 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Salina.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saline County, Kansas, shaded from 1,140 ft on the northeast side to 1,660 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
53,459 2024 est.
Land area
720.2 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
74 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 74%, Central Lowland 26%
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. Ellsworth County1,670 ft
  2. Lincoln County1,500 ft
  3. McPherson County1,490 ft
  4. Ottawa County1,340 ft
  5. Saline County1,320 ft
  6. Dickinson County1,270 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas65th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States983rd highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Soldier Cap Mound1,580 ft
  • Potato Hill, Saline County1,530 ft
  • Weston Hill1,500 ft
  • Coiner Dome1,500 ft
  • Iron Mound1,498 ft
All 30 towns in Saline County by typical elevation
  1. Washington Township, Saline County1,410 ft
  2. Glendale Township1,400 ft
  3. Spring Creek Township1,390 ft
  4. Falun Township1,370 ft
  5. Brookville1,360 ft
  6. Pleasant Valley Township, Saline County1,360 ft
  7. Liberty Township, Saline County1,350 ft
  8. Falun1,350 ft
  9. Walnut Township, Saline County1,320 ft
  10. Elm Creek Township1,300 ft
  11. Bridgeport1,300 ft
  12. Gypsum Township, Saline County1,290 ft
  13. Smoky View Township1,280 ft
  14. Assaria1,280 ft
  15. Smolan Township1,280 ft
  16. Smolan1,280 ft
  17. Ohio Township, Saline County1,280 ft
  18. Bavaria1,270 ft
  19. Mentor1,260 ft
  20. Solomon Township, Saline County1,240 ft
  21. Smoky Hill Township, Saline County1,240 ft
  22. Greeley Township, Saline County1,240 ft
  23. Salina1,230 ft
  24. Eureka Township1,230 ft
  25. Gypsum1,230 ft
  26. Kipp1,220 ft
  27. Cambria Township1,210 ft
  28. New Cambria1,190 ft
  29. Dayton Township1,180 ft
  30. Solomon partly1,170 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.