Stafford County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stafford County, Kansas, shaded from 1,720 ft on the northeast side to 2,080 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,080 ft 635 m1,990 ft 605 m1,950 ft 595 m1,860 ft 565 m1,770 ft 540 m1,720 ft 525 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

Stafford County averages about 1,890 ft (575 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,720 ft on the northeast side to 2,080 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,890 ft 575 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,080 ft 635 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,720 ft 525 m
on the northeast side

Stafford County spans about 360 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 land1,890 ft575 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,080 ft635 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,720 ft525 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through St. John.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stafford County, Kansas, shaded from 1,720 ft on the northeast side to 2,080 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
3,901 2024 est.
Land area
792.0 sq mi + 2.9 sq mi water
Density
4.9 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. Edwards County2,170 ft
  2. Pawnee County2,080 ft
  3. Pratt County1,930 ft
  4. Stafford County1,890 ft
  5. Barton County1,880 ft
  6. Rice County1,690 ft
  7. Reno County1,600 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas40th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States655th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pilot Knob, Stafford County1,880 ft
All 27 towns in Stafford County by typical elevation
  1. Macksville2,030 ft
  2. Farmington Township2,030 ft
  3. Clear Creek Township, Stafford County2,030 ft
  4. Albano Township1,980 ft
  5. Radium1,950 ft
  6. Cleveland Township, Stafford County1,950 ft
  7. Richland Township, Stafford County1,950 ft
  8. Douglas Township1,940 ft
  9. Lincoln Township, Stafford County1,940 ft
  10. Rose Valley Township1,930 ft
  11. Seward1,910 ft
  12. Ohio Township, Stafford County1,910 ft
  13. St. John1,910 ft
  14. St. John Township1,910 ft
  15. South Seward Township1,900 ft
  16. North Seward Township1,890 ft
  17. Union Township, Stafford County1,870 ft
  18. Hayes Township, Stafford County1,870 ft
  19. Hudson1,870 ft
  20. Stafford Township1,860 ft
  21. Stafford1,860 ft
  22. West Cooper Township1,850 ft
  23. Byron Township1,850 ft
  24. Fairview Township, Stafford County1,820 ft
  25. East Cooper Township1,810 ft
  26. York Township1,800 ft
  27. Putnam Township, Stafford County1,770 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.