Kansas City, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kansas City, Missouri, shaded from 710 ft on the east side to 1,100 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,010 ft 305 m960 ft 290 m860 ft 260 m760 ft 235 m710 ft 220 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kansas City sits at about 930 ft (285 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
930 ft 285 m
most residents: 840–1,010 ft
Lowest
710 ft 220 m
on the east side
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the southeast side
Average
910 ft 280 m
all land inside city limits

Kansas City spans about 390 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
930 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
710 ft220 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kansas City
900 ft275 m
Airport (MCI)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,027 ft313 m
Average of all land910 ft280 m

Elevation profile, south to north

31 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kansas City, Missouri, shaded from 710 ft on the east side to 1,100 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Jackson, Clay and Platte counties and 1 more, Missouri, United States
Population
516,032 2024 est.
Land area
314.5 sq mi + 4.1 sq mi water
Density
1,641 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0997° N, 94.5786° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Kansas City International (MCI) 1,027 ft
ZIP codes 53
53 ZIP codes64012 64053 64079 64101 64102 64105 64106 64108 64109 64110 64111 64112 64113 64114 64116 64117 64118 64119 64120 64123 64124 64125 64126 64127 64128 64129 64130 64131 64132 64133 64134 64136 64137 64138 64139 64145 64146 64147 64149 64151 64152 64153 64154 64155 64156 64157 64158 64161 64163 64164 64165 64166 64167
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Roeland Park, KS980 ft
  2. Westwood, KS970 ft
  3. Kansas City930 ft
  4. Westwood Hills, KS930 ft
  5. Kansas City, KS920 ft
  6. Mission Woods, KS910 ft
  7. Blue Summit870 ft
  8. Avondale840 ft
  9. Riverside820 ft
  10. Randolph760 ft
  11. North Kansas City740 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Miller Hill1,130 ft
  • Bowler Hill1,086 ft
  • Minter Hill970 ft
  • Nebo Hill950 ft
  • Arsenal Hill910 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 710 ft at 39.1743° N, 94.4140° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.