Prairie Township, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prairie Township, Missouri, shaded from 710 ft on the south side to 830 ft on the north side
Elevation
830 ft 250 m800 ft 245 m780 ft 240 m750 ft 230 m730 ft 220 m710 ft 215 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Prairie Township sits at about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
770 ft 235 m
most residents: 750–800 ft
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the south side
Highest
830 ft 250 m
on the north side
Average
760 ft 230 m
all land inside township boundaries

Prairie Township spans about 120 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
770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
830 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
710 ft215 m
Average of all land760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.7 mi south to north through the middle of Prairie Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Prairie Township, Missouri, shaded from 710 ft on the south side to 830 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Bates County, Missouri, United States
Population
155 2024 est.
Land area
23.9 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
6.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
38.0851° N, 94.2045° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Osage River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Gap Township880 ft
  2. Harwood840 ft
  3. Lone Oak Township830 ft
  4. Osage Township810 ft
  5. Rich Hill800 ft
  6. Blue Mound Township, Vernon County790 ft
  7. Bacon Township790 ft
  8. Schell City770 ft
  9. Rockville770 ft
  10. Rockville Township770 ft
  11. Prairie Township770 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Mound, Vernon County930 ft
  • Timber Hill870 ft
  • Hammer Hill859 ft
  • Pepper Hill830 ft
  • Deer Mound740 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.