Wabaunsee County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, shaded from 900 ft on the northeast side to 1,601 ft on Gun Barrel Hill
Elevation
1,600 ft 490 m1,430 ft 435 m1,340 ft 410 m1,160 ft 355 m990 ft 300 m900 ft 275 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Wabaunsee County averages about 1,250 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 900 ft on the northeast side to 1,601 ft on Gun Barrel Hill.

Average elevation
1,250 ft 380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,601 ft 488 m
on Gun Barrel Hill
Lowest
900 ft 275 m
on the northeast side

Wabaunsee County spans about 700 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 land1,250 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Gun Barrel Hill (NGS survey height)
1,601 ft488 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
900 ft275 m

Elevation profile, south to north

31 mi south to north through Alma Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, shaded from 900 ft on the northeast side to 1,601 ft on Gun Barrel Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
7,112 2024 est.
Land area
794.3 sq mi + 5.3 sq mi water
Density
9.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Morris County1,400 ft
  2. Geary County1,270 ft
  3. Wabaunsee County1,250 ft
  4. Riley County1,250 ft
  5. Pottawatomie County1,220 ft
  6. Lyon County1,210 ft
  7. Osage County1,090 ft
  8. Shawnee County1,010 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas71st highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States1,051st highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Gun Barrel Hill1,601 ft
  • Mount Mitchell1,270 ft
  • Buffalo Mound1,270 ft
All 24 towns in Wabaunsee County by typical elevation
  1. Rock Creek Township, Wabaunsee County1,470 ft
  2. Alta Vista1,450 ft
  3. Garfield Township1,450 ft
  4. Eskridge1,410 ft
  5. Wilmington Township1,410 ft
  6. Washington Township, Wabaunsee County1,400 ft
  7. Mill Creek Township, Wabaunsee County1,300 ft
  8. Mission Creek Township1,230 ft
  9. Plumb Township1,180 ft
  10. Farmer Township, Wabaunsee County1,170 ft
  11. Wabaunsee Township1,150 ft
  12. Harveyville1,140 ft
  13. Alma Township1,100 ft
  14. Alma1,100 ft
  15. Wabaunsee1,030 ft
  16. Newbury1,030 ft
  17. Wamego partly1,020 ft
  18. Newbury Township1,020 ft
  19. McFarland1,020 ft
  20. Kaw Township, Wabaunsee County1,010 ft
  21. Paxico990 ft
  22. Maple Hill Township970 ft
  23. Maple Hill970 ft
  24. Willard partly930 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.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 1,600 ft at 38.8193° N, 96.2251° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.