Clay County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay County, Missouri, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,090 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,090 ft 330 m990 ft 300 m940 ft 290 m850 ft 260 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
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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

Clay County averages about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,090 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
880 ft 270 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,090 ft 330 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the southeast side

Clay County spans about 390 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 land880 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,090 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Liberty.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay County, Missouri, shaded from 700 ft on the southeast side to 1,090 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
263,370 2024 est.
Land area
397.7 sq mi + 11.0 sq mi water
Density
662 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. Clinton County990 ft
  2. Platte County900 ft
  3. Jackson County890 ft
  4. Wyandotte County, KS890 ft
  5. Clay County880 ft
  6. Ray County830 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Nebo Hill950 ft
  • Arsenal Hill910 ft
All 24 towns in Clay County by typical elevation
  1. Lawson partly1,060 ft
  2. Excelsior Estates partly1,020 ft
  3. Oakwood990 ft
  4. Oakview980 ft
  5. Oakwood Park980 ft
  6. Oaks970 ft
  7. Gladstone950 ft
  8. Kansas City partly930 ft
  9. Smithville930 ft
  10. Paradise930 ft
  11. Holt910 ft
  12. Excelsior Springs900 ft
  13. Liberty860 ft
  14. Avondale840 ft
  15. Kearney830 ft
  16. Pleasant Valley820 ft
  17. Claycomo800 ft
  18. Glenaire790 ft
  19. Missouri City780 ft
  20. Randolph760 ft
  21. Prathersville760 ft
  22. Mosby760 ft
  23. North Kansas City740 ft
  24. Birmingham740 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.