Cherry County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherry County, Nebraska, shaded from 2,200 ft on the northeast side to 4,200 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
4,200 ft 1,280 m3,700 ft 1,130 m3,450 ft 1,050 m2,950 ft 900 m2,450 ft 745 m2,200 ft 670 m
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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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Cherry County averages about 3,190 ft (970 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,200 ft on the northeast side to 4,200 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
3,190 ft 970 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,200 ft 1,280 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
2,200 ft 670 m
on the northeast side

Cherry County spans about 2,000 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 land3,190 ft970 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
4,200 ft1,280 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
2,200 ft670 m

Elevation profile, west to east

95 mi west to east through Valentine.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cherry County, Nebraska, shaded from 2,200 ft on the northeast side to 4,200 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
5,558 2024 est.
Land area
5,960.1 sq mi + 49.5 sq mi water
Density
0.9 per sq mi
Time zones
Mountain UTC−7 / −6, Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Sheridan County3,820 ft
  2. Grant County3,770 ft
  3. Hooker County3,380 ft
  4. Cherry County3,190 ft
  5. Bennett County, SD3,170 ft
  6. Oglala Lakota County, SD3,090 ft
  7. Thomas County2,970 ft
  8. Todd County, SD2,700 ft
  9. Blaine County2,640 ft
  10. Brown County2,580 ft
  11. Keya Paha County2,270 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Indian Hill, Cherry County4,180 ft
  • Sevenmile Hill3,708 ft
  • Aljo Hill3,610 ft
  • Rock Hill3,560 ft
  • Indian Hill, Cherry County3,560 ft
All 8 towns in Cherry County by typical elevation
  1. Merriman3,260 ft
  2. Nenzel3,110 ft
  3. Cody3,100 ft
  4. Kilgore2,920 ft
  5. Brownlee2,870 ft
  6. Crookston2,710 ft
  7. Wood Lake2,690 ft
  8. Valentine2,580 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 2,200 ft at 42.8462° N, 100.1996° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.