Clay County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,630 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,910 ft 580 m1,840 ft 560 m1,800 ft 550 m1,730 ft 530 m1,660 ft 505 m1,630 ft 495 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

Clay County averages about 1,770 ft (540 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,630 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,770 ft 540 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,910 ft 580 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,630 ft 495 m
on the southeast side

Clay County spans about 280 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 land1,770 ft540 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,910 ft580 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,630 ft495 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Sutton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,630 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 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
6,103 2024 est.
Land area
572.3 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
11 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
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. Adams County1,950 ft
  2. Webster County1,880 ft
  3. Hamilton County1,790 ft
  4. Clay County1,770 ft
  5. Nuckolls County1,720 ft
  6. York County1,640 ft
  7. Fillmore County1,630 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 27 towns in Clay County by typical elevation
  1. Trumbull1,880 ft
  2. Leicester Township1,870 ft
  3. Inland Township1,860 ft
  4. Inland1,860 ft
  5. Glenvil1,840 ft
  6. Glenvil Township1,840 ft
  7. Harvard Township1,800 ft
  8. Harvard1,800 ft
  9. Spring Ranch Township1,790 ft
  10. Lynn Township1,790 ft
  11. Lone Tree Township, Clay County1,790 ft
  12. Clay Center1,780 ft
  13. Fairfield1,780 ft
  14. Fairfield Township1,780 ft
  15. Eldorado Township1,770 ft
  16. Marshall Township1,760 ft
  17. Lewis Township1,760 ft
  18. Saronville1,750 ft
  19. Sutton Township1,730 ft
  20. School Creek Township1,730 ft
  21. Edgar1,720 ft
  22. Edgar Township1,720 ft
  23. Sheridan Township, Clay County1,720 ft
  24. Sutton1,710 ft
  25. Deweese1,690 ft
  26. Ong1,680 ft
  27. Logan Township, Clay County1,680 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.