Butler County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butler County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,300 ft on the northeast side to 1,740 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,750 ft 530 m1,630 ft 500 m1,580 ft 480 m1,470 ft 450 m1,360 ft 415 m1,300 ft 395 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

Butler County averages about 1,550 ft (470 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,300 ft on the northeast side to 1,740 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,550 ft 470 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the east side
Lowest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the northeast side

Butler County spans about 440 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 land1,550 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,740 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,300 ft395 m

Elevation profile, south to north

23 mi south to north through David City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Butler County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,300 ft on the northeast side to 1,740 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
8,439 2024 est.
Land area
584.8 sq mi + 6.0 sq mi water
Density
14 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 57%, Great Plains 43%
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. Polk County1,630 ft
  2. Platte County1,630 ft
  3. Butler County1,550 ft
  4. Seward County1,500 ft
  5. Colfax County1,490 ft
  6. Dodge County1,300 ft
  7. Lancaster County1,290 ft
  8. Saunders County1,290 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Indian Hill, Butler County1,520 ft
All 29 towns in Butler County by typical elevation
  1. Brainard1,670 ft
  2. Oak Creek Township, Butler County1,670 ft
  3. Summit Township, Butler County1,630 ft
  4. Dwight1,620 ft
  5. David City1,620 ft
  6. Franklin Township1,620 ft
  7. Center Township, Butler County1,620 ft
  8. Richardson Township1,610 ft
  9. Plum Creek Township1,610 ft
  10. Olive Township1,600 ft
  11. Garrison1,600 ft
  12. Union Township, Butler County1,590 ft
  13. Reading Township1,590 ft
  14. Rising City1,590 ft
  15. Read Township1,590 ft
  16. Skull Creek Township1,550 ft
  17. Ulysses Township1,550 ft
  18. Ulysses1,540 ft
  19. Surprise1,540 ft
  20. Bruno1,500 ft
  21. Linwood Township1,480 ft
  22. Abie1,450 ft
  23. Bellwood1,450 ft
  24. Savannah Township1,450 ft
  25. Alexis Township1,440 ft
  26. Octavia1,410 ft
  27. Bone Creek Township1,410 ft
  28. Platte Township, Butler County1,340 ft
  29. Linwood1,340 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.