Burt County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burt County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,010 ft on the southeast side to 1,440 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,440 ft 440 m1,330 ft 405 m1,270 ft 390 m1,170 ft 355 m1,060 ft 325 m1,010 ft 305 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Burt County averages about 1,230 ft (375 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,010 ft on the southeast side to 1,440 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,230 ft 375 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,010 ft 305 m
on the southeast side

Burt County spans about 430 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 land1,230 ft375 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,440 ft440 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,010 ft305 m

Elevation profile, west to east

25 mi west to east through Tekamah.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burt County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,010 ft on the southeast side to 1,440 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
6,727 2024 est.
Land area
491.6 sq mi + 5.5 sq mi water
Density
14 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. Cuming County1,430 ft
  2. Thurston County1,340 ft
  3. Dodge County1,300 ft
  4. Burt County1,230 ft
  5. Washington County1,200 ft
  6. Harrison County, IA1,160 ft
  7. Monona County, IA1,160 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 12 towns in Burt County by typical elevation
  1. Logan Township, Burt County1,370 ft
  2. Bell Creek Township1,360 ft
  3. Oakland Township1,340 ft
  4. Craig1,310 ft
  5. Oakland1,300 ft
  6. Everett Township1,300 ft
  7. Lyons1,290 ft
  8. Summit Township1,280 ft
  9. Silver Creek Township, Burt County1,250 ft
  10. Decatur1,070 ft
  11. Tekamah1,050 ft
  12. Quinnebaugh Township1,050 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.