Benkelman, NE Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,110 ft 950 m3,070 ft 935 m3,060 ft 930 m3,020 ft 920 m2,990 ft 910 m2,970 ft 905 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 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
Benkelman sits at about 3,030 ft (925 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,030 ft 925 m
most residents: 2,980–3,080 ft
Lowest
2,970 ft 905 m
on the southeast side
Highest
3,110 ft 950 m
on the west side
Average
3,010 ft 920 m
all land inside city limits
Benkelman spans about 140 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 | 3,030 ft925 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 3,110 ft950 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 2,970 ft905 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Benkelman | 2,980 ft910 m |
| Average of all land | 3,010 ft920 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,030 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
206.4 °F96.9 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
90% of sea level
26.8 inHg (90.7 kPa): each breath holds 10% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.8% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+6% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Dundy County, Nebraska, United States
- Population
- 780 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- Density
- 651 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.0492° N, 101.5329° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Republican River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 69021
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Bird City, KS3,470 ft
- Bird City Township, KS3,470 ft
- Orlando Township, KS3,460 ft
- Cleveland Run Township, KS3,440 ft
- McDonald, KS3,370 ft
- Rocewood Township, KS3,330 ft
- Calhoun Township, KS3,250 ft
- Parks3,100 ft
- Benkelman3,030 ft
- Max2,910 ft
- Stratton2,820 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nebraska69th highest of 912
- Towns in Dundy County3rd highest of 4
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).
- 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.