Putnam County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam County, Missouri, shaded from 760 ft on the southeast side to 1,100 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,010 ft 310 m970 ft 295 m880 ft 270 m800 ft 245 m760 ft 230 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

Putnam County averages about 960 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 760 ft on the southeast side to 1,100 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
960 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the southeast side

Putnam County spans about 340 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 land960 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
760 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

37 mi west to east through Union Township, Putnam County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Putnam County, Missouri, shaded from 760 ft on the southeast side to 1,100 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
4,539 2024 est.
Land area
517.3 sq mi + 2.3 sq mi water
Density
8.8 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. Wayne County, IA1,050 ft
  2. Putnam County960 ft
  3. Mercer County960 ft
  4. Appanoose County, IA960 ft
  5. Sullivan County930 ft
  6. Adair County890 ft
  7. Schuyler County890 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 16 towns in Putnam County by typical elevation
  1. Wilson Township1,060 ft
  2. Unionville1,060 ft
  3. Union Township, Putnam County1,050 ft
  4. Sherman Township, Putnam County1,040 ft
  5. York Township1,020 ft
  6. Richland Township, Putnam County1,020 ft
  7. Powersville980 ft
  8. Medicine Township, Putnam County980 ft
  9. Lincoln Township, Putnam County970 ft
  10. Jackson Township, Putnam County970 ft
  11. Lucerne970 ft
  12. Liberty Township, Putnam County920 ft
  13. Elm Township890 ft
  14. Grant Township, Putnam County850 ft
  15. Livonia830 ft
  16. Worthington810 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.
  • 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, 750 ft at 40.3460° N, 92.6871° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.