Chariton County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chariton County, Missouri, shaded from 610 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
880 ft 270 m810 ft 245 m780 ft 235 m710 ft 215 m640 ft 195 m610 ft 185 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

Chariton County averages about 700 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 610 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
700 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
880 ft 265 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the southeast side

Chariton County spans about 270 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 land700 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
880 ft265 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

26 mi south to north through Salisbury Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chariton County, Missouri, shaded from 610 ft on the southeast side to 880 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
7,397 2024 est.
Land area
751.2 sq mi + 15.6 sq mi water
Density
9.8 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. Macon County820 ft
  2. Linn County810 ft
  3. Randolph County790 ft
  4. Livingston County760 ft
  5. Carroll County740 ft
  6. Saline County720 ft
  7. Howard County710 ft
  8. Chariton County700 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 26 towns in Chariton County by typical elevation
  1. Marceline partly850 ft
  2. Clark Township790 ft
  3. Salt Creek Township790 ft
  4. Bee Branch Township770 ft
  5. Musselfork Township750 ft
  6. Yellow Creek Township, Chariton County750 ft
  7. Rothville730 ft
  8. Salisbury730 ft
  9. Prairie Hill720 ft
  10. Salisbury Township720 ft
  11. Cockrell Township720 ft
  12. Brunswick Township710 ft
  13. Mendon Township710 ft
  14. Mendon700 ft
  15. Brunswick700 ft
  16. Wayland Township700 ft
  17. Glasgow partly700 ft
  18. Keytesville Township700 ft
  19. Keytesville700 ft
  20. Bowling Green Township690 ft
  21. Cunningham Township680 ft
  22. Sumner680 ft
  23. Chariton Township670 ft
  24. Dalton660 ft
  25. Triplett Township660 ft
  26. Triplett660 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.