Bates County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bates County, Missouri, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,060 ft 320 m970 ft 295 m920 ft 280 m840 ft 255 m750 ft 230 m700 ft 215 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bates County averages about 840 ft (260 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
840 ft 260 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,060 ft 320 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the southeast side

Bates County spans about 360 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 land840 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,060 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, west to east

29 mi west to east through Mount Pleasant Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bates County, Missouri, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
16,394 2024 est.
Land area
836.7 sq mi + 14.7 sq mi water
Density
20 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. Miami County, KS970 ft
  2. Linn County, KS920 ft
  3. Cass County910 ft
  4. Bates County840 ft
  5. St. Clair County830 ft
  6. Vernon County830 ft
  7. Henry County800 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Long Mound990 ft
  • Round Mound980 ft
  • Walley Mound970 ft
  • Spy Mound970 ft
  • Summers Mound950 ft
All 35 towns in Bates County by typical elevation
  1. Drexel partly1,000 ft
  2. West Boone Township980 ft
  3. Merwin910 ft
  4. Spruce Township910 ft
  5. Howard Township890 ft
  6. Hume890 ft
  7. Summit Township880 ft
  8. Amsterdam880 ft
  9. West Point Township880 ft
  10. Pleasant Gap Township880 ft
  11. East Boone Township870 ft
  12. Shawnee Township, Bates County870 ft
  13. Elkhart Township870 ft
  14. Mound Township870 ft
  15. Passaic870 ft
  16. Adrian860 ft
  17. Charlotte Township860 ft
  18. Deepwater Township, Bates County860 ft
  19. Deer Creek Township860 ft
  20. Amoret850 ft
  21. Butler850 ft
  22. Mount Pleasant Township840 ft
  23. Mingo Township840 ft
  24. New Home Township840 ft
  25. Homer Township840 ft
  26. Foster840 ft
  27. Hudson Township840 ft
  28. Walnut Township830 ft
  29. Grand River Township, Bates County830 ft
  30. Lone Oak Township830 ft
  31. Osage Township810 ft
  32. Rich Hill800 ft
  33. Rockville770 ft
  34. Rockville Township770 ft
  35. Prairie Township770 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.