Cottonwood Township, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottonwood Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,680 ft on the southeast side to 2,000 ft on the north side
Elevation
2,000 ft 610 m1,920 ft 585 m1,880 ft 575 m1,800 ft 550 m1,720 ft 525 m1,680 ft 515 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cottonwood Township sits at about 1,830 ft (555 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,830 ft 555 m
most residents: 1,710–1,910 ft
Lowest
1,680 ft 515 m
on the southeast side
Highest
2,000 ft 610 m
on the north side
Average
1,850 ft 565 m
all land inside township boundaries

Cottonwood Township spans about 320 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
1,830 ft555 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
2,000 ft610 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,680 ft515 m
Average of all land1,850 ft565 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.0 mi south to north through the middle of Cottonwood Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottonwood Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,680 ft on the southeast side to 2,000 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Nance County, Nebraska, United States
Population
62 2024 est.
Land area
45.7 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
1.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.3206° N, 98.2324° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Loup River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. South Branch Township1,920 ft
  2. Wolbach1,880 ft
  3. Cottonwood Township1,830 ft
  4. Loup Ferry Township1,830 ft
  5. Loup Township1,800 ft
  6. Palmer1,800 ft
  7. Cushing1,790 ft
  8. Timber Creek Township1,740 ft
  9. Archer1,740 ft
  10. Midland Township, Merrick County1,730 ft
  11. West Newman Township1,670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Pilot Knob1,990 ft
  • Mumpumpey Hill1,980 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.