Cowles, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cowles, Nebraska, shaded from 1,780 ft on the south side to 1,880 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,880 ft 575 m1,860 ft 565 m1,840 ft 560 m1,820 ft 555 m1,790 ft 545 m1,780 ft 540 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cowles sits at about 1,800 ft (550 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside village limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,800 ft 550 m
few residents
Lowest
1,780 ft 540 m
on the south side
Highest
1,880 ft 575 m
on the west side
Average
1,810 ft 550 m
all land inside village limits

Cowles spans about 100 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,800 ft550 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the west side
1,880 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the south side
1,780 ft540 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cowles
1,790 ft545 m
Airport (7V7)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.4 mi southwest of the village limits
1,744 ft532 m
Average of all land1,810 ft550 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cowles, Nebraska, shaded from 1,780 ft on the south side to 1,880 ft on the west side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Webster County, Nebraska, United States
Population
21 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
38 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.1717° N, 98.4456° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Republican River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Red Cloud Municipal (7V7) 1,744 ft
ZIP codes 1
68930
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bladen1,980 ft
  2. Blue Hill1,970 ft
  3. Logan Township, Smith County, KS1,930 ft
  4. Highland Township, Jewell County, KS1,890 ft
  5. Grant Township, Franklin County1,890 ft
  6. Lawrence1,880 ft
  7. Walnut Township, Jewell County, KS1,840 ft
  8. Cowles1,800 ft
  9. Inavale1,740 ft
  10. Red Cloud1,720 ft
  11. Guide Rock1,660 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Island1,880 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the village limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census village limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.