Sedgwick County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sedgwick County, Kansas, shaded from 1,210 ft on the southeast side to 1,550 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,550 ft 470 m1,460 ft 445 m1,420 ft 435 m1,340 ft 405 m1,250 ft 380 m1,210 ft 370 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

Sedgwick County averages about 1,360 ft (415 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,210 ft on the southeast side to 1,550 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,360 ft 415 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,550 ft 470 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,210 ft 370 m
on the southeast side

Sedgwick County spans about 340 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 land1,360 ft415 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,550 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,210 ft370 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Wichita.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sedgwick County, Kansas, shaded from 1,210 ft on the southeast side to 1,550 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
536,081 2024 est.
Land area
997.0 sq mi + 12.1 sq mi water
Density
538 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland 93%
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. Reno County1,600 ft
  2. Kingman County1,580 ft
  3. Harvey County1,440 ft
  4. Butler County1,390 ft
  5. Sedgwick County1,360 ft
  6. Sumner County1,230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas63rd highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States947th highest of 3,151
All 52 towns in Sedgwick County by typical elevation
  1. Garden Plain Township1,460 ft
  2. Goddard1,460 ft
  3. Garden Plain1,450 ft
  4. Attica Township1,450 ft
  5. Mount Hope1,440 ft
  6. Greeley Township1,440 ft
  7. Sherman Township, Sedgwick County1,440 ft
  8. Grand River Township1,430 ft
  9. St. Marks1,430 ft
  10. Andale1,430 ft
  11. Furley1,410 ft
  12. Afton Township1,410 ft
  13. Greenwich1,400 ft
  14. Lincoln Township, Sedgwick County1,400 ft
  15. Bel Aire1,400 ft
  16. Kechi1,400 ft
  17. Payne Township1,390 ft
  18. Bentley1,390 ft
  19. Eagle Township1,390 ft
  20. Illinois Township1,390 ft
  21. Colwich1,380 ft
  22. McConnell AFB1,380 ft
  23. Cheney1,380 ft
  24. Erie Township, Sedgwick County1,380 ft
  25. Union Township1,380 ft
  26. Morton Township1,380 ft
  27. Kechi Township1,380 ft
  28. Park City1,380 ft
  29. Sedgwick partly1,380 ft
  30. Eastborough1,360 ft
  31. Maize1,360 ft
  32. Park Township1,350 ft
  33. Valley Center Township1,350 ft
  34. Grant Township1,350 ft
  35. Valley Center1,350 ft
  36. Minneha Township1,340 ft
  37. Gypsum Township1,340 ft
  38. Viola1,340 ft
  39. Wichita1,330 ft
  40. Viola Township1,320 ft
  41. Derby1,310 ft
  42. Waco Township1,300 ft
  43. Rockford Township1,290 ft
  44. Ninnescah Township1,290 ft
  45. Ohio Township1,290 ft
  46. Clearwater1,280 ft
  47. Riverside Township1,270 ft
  48. Oaklawn-Sunview1,270 ft
  49. Mulvane1,270 ft
  50. Haysville1,260 ft
  51. Salem Township1,260 ft
  52. Peck partly1,260 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.