Washington County, KS Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington County, Kansas, shaded from 1,130 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,650 ft 505 m1,520 ft 465 m1,450 ft 445 m1,320 ft 405 m1,190 ft 365 m1,130 ft 345 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

Washington County averages about 1,390 ft (425 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,130 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,390 ft 425 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,650 ft 505 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the east side

Washington County spans about 520 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 land1,390 ft425 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,650 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,130 ft345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Washington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Washington County, Kansas, shaded from 1,130 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Kansas, United States
Population
5,572 2024 est.
Land area
894.8 sq mi + 3.9 sq mi water
Density
6.2 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 59%, Great Plains 41%
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. Republic County1,520 ft
  2. Cloud County1,440 ft
  3. Jefferson County, NE1,430 ft
  4. Washington County1,390 ft
  5. Gage County, NE1,360 ft
  6. Marshall County1,300 ft
  7. Clay County1,290 ft
  8. Riley County1,250 ft

Rankings by average elevation

  • Counties in Kansas60th highest of 104
  • Counties in the United States925th highest of 3,151
All 37 towns in Washington County by typical elevation
  1. Mahaska1,600 ft
  2. Union Township, Washington County1,600 ft
  3. Grant Township, Washington County1,540 ft
  4. Lowe Township1,520 ft
  5. Coleman Township1,470 ft
  6. Linn1,460 ft
  7. Linn Township1,460 ft
  8. Strawberry Township1,430 ft
  9. Highland Township, Washington County1,420 ft
  10. Kimeo Township1,420 ft
  11. Greenleaf1,410 ft
  12. Greenleaf Township1,410 ft
  13. Brantford Township1,410 ft
  14. Haddam Township1,400 ft
  15. Haddam1,390 ft
  16. Washington Township, Washington County1,380 ft
  17. Lincoln Township, Washington County1,380 ft
  18. Logan Township, Washington County1,370 ft
  19. Mill Creek Township, Washington County1,360 ft
  20. Independence Township, Washington County1,360 ft
  21. Farmington Township, Washington County1,360 ft
  22. Sherman Township, Washington County1,360 ft
  23. Morrowville1,360 ft
  24. Sheridan Township, Washington County1,350 ft
  25. Barnes1,340 ft
  26. Barnes Township1,330 ft
  27. Palmer1,330 ft
  28. Washington1,320 ft
  29. Clifton Township1,320 ft
  30. Charleston Township1,310 ft
  31. Clifton1,300 ft
  32. Franklin Township, Washington County1,300 ft
  33. Hollenberg1,300 ft
  34. Vining partly1,270 ft
  35. Hanover Township1,270 ft
  36. Hanover1,260 ft
  37. Little Blue Township1,250 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.