Central City, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Central City, Nebraska, shaded from 1,680 ft on the east side to 1,710 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,710 ft 520 m1,700 ft 520 m1,700 ft 520 m1,690 ft 515 m1,680 ft 515 m1,680 ft 510 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Central City sits at about 1,700 ft (520 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,700 ft 520 m
most residents: 1,690–1,700 ft
Lowest
1,680 ft 510 m
on the east side
Highest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,700 ft 515 m
all land inside city limits

Central City spans about 30 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
1,700 ft520 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,710 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,680 ft510 m
Town center
USGS map point for Central City
1,700 ft520 m
Airport (07K)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.5 mi west of the city limits
1,717 ft523 m
Average of all land1,700 ft515 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Central City, Nebraska, shaded from 1,680 ft on the east side to 1,710 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Merrick County, Nebraska, United States
Population
3,145 2024 est.
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
1,292 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1158° N, 98.0017° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Central City Municipal/Larry Reineke Field (07K) 1,717 ft
ZIP codes 1
68826
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Marquette1,820 ft
  2. Hordville1,780 ft
  3. Chapman Township, Merrick County1,770 ft
  4. Archer1,740 ft
  5. Midland Township, Merrick County1,730 ft
  6. Overland1,700 ft
  7. Lone Tree Township1,700 ft
  8. Central City1,700 ft
  9. Prairie Island Township1,690 ft
  10. Mead Township1,690 ft
  11. Central Township, Merrick County1,660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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, 1,680 ft at 41.1110° N, 97.9688° 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).
  • 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.