Swede Creek Township, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swede Creek Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,080 ft on the east side to 1,460 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,460 ft 445 m1,360 ft 415 m1,310 ft 400 m1,220 ft 370 m1,130 ft 345 m1,080 ft 330 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
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Swede Creek Township sits at about 1,290 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,290 ft 395 m
most residents: 1,220–1,380 ft
Lowest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the east side
Highest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the west side
Average
1,280 ft 390 m
all land inside township boundaries

Swede Creek Township spans about 380 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
1,290 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,460 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,080 ft330 m
Average of all land1,280 ft390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

11 mi west to east through the middle of Swede Creek Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swede Creek Township, Kansas, shaded from 1,080 ft on the east side to 1,460 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Riley County, Kansas, United States
Population
170 2024 est.
Land area
48.7 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
3.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.5424° N, 96.7027° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Olsburg1,420 ft
  2. Blue Valley Township1,410 ft
  3. Cottage Hill Township1,380 ft
  4. Spring Creek Township, Pottawatomie County1,350 ft
  5. May Day Township1,320 ft
  6. Blue Rapids Township1,320 ft
  7. Swede Creek Township1,290 ft
  8. Center Township, Riley County1,260 ft
  9. Jackson Township, Riley County1,250 ft
  10. Randolph1,250 ft
  11. Blue Rapids1,160 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Twin Mounds, Marshall County1,390 ft
  • Mount Ephraim1,310 ft
  • Indian Mound1,260 ft
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); BTS time zones. All public domain.