Dixon County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dixon County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,090 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,650 ft 505 m1,510 ft 460 m1,440 ft 440 m1,300 ft 395 m1,160 ft 355 m1,090 ft 330 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dixon County averages about 1,410 ft (430 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,090 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,410 ft 430 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,650 ft 505 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,090 ft 330 m
on the east side

Dixon County spans about 560 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 land1,410 ft430 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,650 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,090 ft330 m

Elevation profile, south to north

32 mi south to north through Wakefield.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dixon County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,090 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
5,526 2024 est.
Land area
475.6 sq mi + 7.1 sq mi water
Density
12 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Wayne County1,600 ft
  2. Cedar County1,490 ft
  3. Dixon County1,410 ft
  4. Thurston County1,340 ft
  5. Union County, SD1,240 ft
  6. Dakota County1,230 ft
  7. Clay County, SD1,230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cottonwood Hill1,540 ft
  • Pumpkin Hill1,501 ft
  • Indian Hill, Dixon County1,430 ft
  • Boy Scout Hill1,410 ft
  • Rattlesnake Hill, Dixon County1,380 ft
All 23 towns in Dixon County by typical elevation
  1. Clark Township1,540 ft
  2. Springbank Township1,510 ft
  3. Daily Township1,510 ft
  4. Allen1,510 ft
  5. Emerson partly1,470 ft
  6. Logan Township, Dixon County1,470 ft
  7. Dixon1,470 ft
  8. Emerson Township1,460 ft
  9. Concord Township1,460 ft
  10. Concord1,440 ft
  11. Hooker Township1,400 ft
  12. Wakefield1,400 ft
  13. Wakefield Township1,400 ft
  14. Silvercreek Township1,390 ft
  15. Galena Township1,370 ft
  16. Ottercreek Township1,330 ft
  17. Newcastle Township1,300 ft
  18. Newcastle1,290 ft
  19. Waterbury1,290 ft
  20. Martinsburg1,250 ft
  21. Ponca Township1,250 ft
  22. Maskell1,240 ft
  23. Ponca1,160 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.