Sterling Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sterling Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,600 ft on the southeast side to 1,690 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,690 ft 515 m1,670 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,630 ft 500 m1,610 ft 490 m1,600 ft 490 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sterling Township sits at about 1,650 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,650 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,620–1,660 ft
Lowest
1,600 ft 490 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the south side
Average
1,640 ft 500 m
all land inside township boundaries

Sterling Township spans about 90 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,650 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,690 ft515 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,600 ft490 m
Airport (LYO)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi north of the township boundaries
1,692 ft516 m
Average of all land1,640 ft500 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.0 mi south to north through the middle of Sterling Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sterling Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,600 ft on the southeast side to 1,690 ft on the south side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Rice County, Kansas, United States
Population
182 2024 est.
Land area
43.5 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
4.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.2200° N, 98.2137° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Arkansas River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Lyons-Rice County Municipal (LYO) 1,692 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Walnut Township, Reno County1,710 ft
  2. Center Township, Rice County1,700 ft
  3. Lyons1,690 ft
  4. Alden1,680 ft
  5. Valley Township, Rice County1,680 ft
  6. Medford Township1,680 ft
  7. Atlanta Township1,660 ft
  8. Sterling Township1,650 ft
  9. Sterling1,640 ft
  10. West Washington Township1,600 ft
  11. Nickerson1,590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.