Ames, NE Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,250 ft 380 m1,240 ft 380 m1,240 ft 375 m1,230 ft 375 m1,220 ft 375 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ames sits at about 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,230 ft 375 m
few residents
Lowest
1,220 ft 375 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,230 ft 375 m
on the west side
Average
1,230 ft 375 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Ames is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,230 ft375 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side | 1,230 ft375 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side | 1,220 ft375 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ames | 1,230 ft375 m |
| Airport (FET) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.1 mi east of the CDP boundary | 1,204 ft367 m |
| Average of all land | 1,230 ft375 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Dodge County, Nebraska, United States
- Population
- 14 2020 Census
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 42 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.4522° N, 96.6245° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Fremont Municipal (FET) 1,204 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 68621
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Pohocco Township1,300 ft
- North Cedar Township1,300 ft
- Cedar Bluffs1,300 ft
- Maple Township1,290 ft
- Morse Bluff Township1,290 ft
- Morse Bluff1,290 ft
- Cotterell Township1,270 ft
- Ames1,230 ft
- Platte Township1,210 ft
- Inglewood1,190 ft
- Fremont1,190 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nebraska792nd highest of 912
- Towns in Dodge County16th highest of 25
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Indian Peak1,472 ft
- Skunk Hill1,370 ft
- Bodleys Hill1,360 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
- Ames is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.