Ray County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ray County, Missouri, shaded from 670 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,090 ft 335 m990 ft 300 m940 ft 285 m830 ft 255 m720 ft 220 m670 ft 205 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

Ray County averages about 830 ft (255 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 670 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
830 ft 255 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,090 ft 335 m
on the west side
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the east side

Ray County spans about 420 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 land830 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,090 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Richmond.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ray County, Missouri, shaded from 670 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
23,199 2024 est.
Land area
569.0 sq mi + 5.2 sq mi water
Density
41 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. Caldwell County890 ft
  3. Jackson County890 ft
  4. Clay County880 ft
  5. Ray County830 ft
  6. Lafayette County800 ft
  7. Carroll County740 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 15 towns in Ray County by typical elevation
  1. Lawson1,060 ft
  2. Wood Heights1,040 ft
  3. Excelsior Estates1,020 ft
  4. Vibbard1,010 ft
  5. Rayville980 ft
  6. Elmira950 ft
  7. Homestead940 ft
  8. Crystal Lakes910 ft
  9. Excelsior Springs partly900 ft
  10. Richmond800 ft
  11. Camden770 ft
  12. Fleming760 ft
  13. Orrick720 ft
  14. Henrietta710 ft
  15. Hardin690 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.