Sumner County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumner County, Kansas, shaded from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,510 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,510 ft 460 m1,390 ft 425 m1,330 ft 405 m1,210 ft 370 m1,100 ft 335 m1,040 ft 315 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

Sumner County averages about 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,510 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,230 ft 375 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,040 ft 315 m
on the south side

Sumner County spans about 470 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 land1,230 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,510 ft460 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,040 ft315 m

Elevation profile, south to north

33 mi south to north through Wellington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sumner County, Kansas, shaded from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,510 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
22,336 2024 est.
Land area
1,181.7 sq mi + 3.3 sq mi water
Density
19 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
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. Kingman County1,580 ft
  2. Harper County1,370 ft
  3. Sedgwick County1,360 ft
  4. Cowley County1,260 ft
  5. Sumner County1,230 ft
  6. Grant County, OK1,120 ft
  7. Kay County, OK1,070 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas74th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,079th highest of 3,151
All 44 towns in Sumner County by typical elevation
  1. Milton1,470 ft
  2. Eden Township1,450 ft
  3. Conway Springs1,370 ft
  4. Springdale Township1,370 ft
  5. Conway Township1,360 ft
  6. Creek Township1,340 ft
  7. Illinois Township, Sumner County1,320 ft
  8. Mayfield1,290 ft
  9. Seventy-Six Township1,280 ft
  10. Sumner Township, Sumner County1,280 ft
  11. Mulvane partly1,270 ft
  12. Harmon Township1,270 ft
  13. Peck1,260 ft
  14. Argonia1,260 ft
  15. Dixon Township1,260 ft
  16. London Township1,250 ft
  17. Osborne Township1,250 ft
  18. Morris Township1,250 ft
  19. Gore Township1,250 ft
  20. Wellington1,220 ft
  21. Ryan Township1,220 ft
  22. Belle Plaine Township1,220 ft
  23. Milan1,220 ft
  24. Belle Plaine1,220 ft
  25. Jackson Township, Sumner County1,220 ft
  26. Wellington Township1,210 ft
  27. Avon Township1,210 ft
  28. Downs Township1,210 ft
  29. Greene Township1,210 ft
  30. Chikaskia Township, Sumner County1,200 ft
  31. Bluff Township1,190 ft
  32. Oxford Township, Sumner County1,180 ft
  33. Oxford1,180 ft
  34. Palestine Township1,180 ft
  35. Guelph Township1,160 ft
  36. Walton Township, Sumner County1,150 ft
  37. Caldwell Township1,150 ft
  38. Caldwell1,140 ft
  39. Valverde Township1,140 ft
  40. Geuda Springs1,130 ft
  41. South Haven Township1,120 ft
  42. South Haven1,120 ft
  43. Falls Township, Sumner County1,110 ft
  44. Hunnewell1,110 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.