Gage County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gage County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,160 ft on the south side to 1,540 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,540 ft 470 m1,450 ft 440 m1,400 ft 425 m1,300 ft 395 m1,210 ft 370 m1,160 ft 355 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

Gage County averages about 1,360 ft (415 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,160 ft on the south side to 1,540 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,360 ft 415 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,540 ft 470 m
on the east side
Lowest
1,160 ft 355 m
on the south side

Gage County spans about 380 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 land1,360 ft415 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,540 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,160 ft355 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Beatrice.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gage County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,160 ft on the south side to 1,540 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
21,687 2024 est.
Land area
851.5 sq mi + 8.5 sq mi water
Density
25 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. Saline County1,470 ft
  2. Jefferson County1,430 ft
  3. Washington County, KS1,390 ft
  4. Gage County1,360 ft
  5. Marshall County, KS1,300 ft
  6. Lancaster County1,290 ft
  7. Pawnee County1,280 ft
  8. Johnson County1,240 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 37 towns in Gage County by typical elevation
  1. Virginia1,530 ft
  2. Sherman Township, Gage County1,480 ft
  3. Highland Township1,440 ft
  4. Cortland1,440 ft
  5. Hooker Township, Gage County1,430 ft
  6. Filley Township1,430 ft
  7. Filley1,410 ft
  8. Clatonia Township1,410 ft
  9. Hanover Township1,410 ft
  10. Lincoln Township, Gage County1,400 ft
  11. Clatonia1,390 ft
  12. Nemaha Township1,390 ft
  13. Logan Township, Gage County1,380 ft
  14. Elm Township1,380 ft
  15. Holt Township1,380 ft
  16. Glenwood Township1,370 ft
  17. Riverside Township1,360 ft
  18. Grant Township1,360 ft
  19. Pickrell1,360 ft
  20. Barneston Township1,350 ft
  21. Sicily Township1,340 ft
  22. Midland Township1,320 ft
  23. Island Grove Township1,320 ft
  24. Blakely Township1,310 ft
  25. Paddock Township1,310 ft
  26. Odell1,310 ft
  27. Liberty1,300 ft
  28. Beatrice1,300 ft
  29. Rockford Township1,290 ft
  30. Adams Township1,290 ft
  31. Liberty Township1,290 ft
  32. Adams1,280 ft
  33. Holmesville1,260 ft
  34. Wymore1,250 ft
  35. Blue Springs-Wymore Township1,250 ft
  36. Blue Springs1,250 ft
  37. Barneston1,210 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.
  • 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, 1,160 ft at 40.0012° N, 96.5968° 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.