Broken Bow, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Broken Bow, Nebraska, shaded from 2,460 ft on the northeast side to 2,620 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,620 ft 800 m2,580 ft 785 m2,560 ft 780 m2,520 ft 770 m2,480 ft 755 m2,460 ft 750 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Broken Bow sits at about 2,490 ft (760 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,490 ft 760 m
most residents: 2,480–2,520 ft
Lowest
2,460 ft 750 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,620 ft 800 m
on the southwest side
Average
2,490 ft 760 m
all land inside city limits

Broken Bow spans about 160 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,490 ft760 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
2,620 ft800 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
2,460 ft750 m
Town center
USGS map point for Broken Bow
2,480 ft755 m
Airport (BBW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi north of the city limits
2,546 ft776 m
Average of all land2,490 ft760 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.4 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Broken Bow, Nebraska, shaded from 2,460 ft on the northeast side to 2,620 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Custer County, Nebraska, United States
Population
3,491 2024 est.
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
1,728 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.4020° N, 99.6393° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Mud Creek → Middle Loup River → Loup River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Broken Bow Muni/keith Glaze Field (BBW) 2,546 ft
ZIP codes 1
68822
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ryno Township2,720 ft
  2. Kilfoil Township2,660 ft
  3. Merna2,660 ft
  4. Custer Township2,570 ft
  5. East Custer Township2,560 ft
  6. Garfield Township, Custer County2,550 ft
  7. Lillian Township2,530 ft
  8. Broken Bow Township2,530 ft
  9. Broken Bow2,490 ft
  10. Berwyn Township2,410 ft
  11. Berwyn2,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • East Table2,890 ft
  • Ryno Table2,820 ft
  • Boggs Table2,660 ft
  • French Tableland2,620 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).
  • 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.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.