Bayard, NE Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,840 ft 1,170 m3,820 ft 1,165 m3,810 ft 1,160 m3,780 ft 1,155 m3,760 ft 1,145 m3,750 ft 1,145 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Bayard sits at about 3,780 ft (1,150 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,780 ft 1,150 m
most residents: 3,760–3,830 ft
Lowest
3,750 ft 1,145 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,840 ft 1,170 m
on the north side
Average
3,780 ft 1,150 m
all land inside city limits
Bayard spans about 90 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,780 ft1,150 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 3,840 ft1,170 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 3,750 ft1,145 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Bayard | 3,760 ft1,145 m |
| Average of all land | 3,780 ft1,150 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,780 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.0 °F96.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
26.1 inHg (88.2 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Morrill County, Nebraska, United States
- Population
- 1,111 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 1,599 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.7550° N, 103.3241° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- North Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 69334
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Harrisburg4,480 ft
- Mitchell3,950 ft
- Gering3,930 ft
- Scottsbluff3,890 ft
- Terrytown3,890 ft
- Melbeta3,830 ft
- Minatare3,820 ft
- McGrew3,780 ft
- Bayard3,780 ft
- Bridgeport3,670 ft
- Broadwater3,590 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nebraska28th highest of 912
- Towns in Morrill Countyhighest of 3
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Coyote Rock4,480 ft
- Castle Rock, Scotts Bluff County4,460 ft
- Sheep Mountain4,400 ft
- Dumpling Hill4,400 ft
- Chimney Rock4,380 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, 3,750 ft at 41.7510° N, 103.3157° 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.