Gordon, NE Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,630 ft 1,105 m3,610 ft 1,100 m3,600 ft 1,095 m3,580 ft 1,090 m3,550 ft 1,085 m3,540 ft 1,080 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Gordon sits at about 3,560 ft (1,085 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,560 ft 1,085 m
most residents: 3,550–3,580 ft
Lowest
3,540 ft 1,080 m
on the east side
Highest
3,630 ft 1,105 m
on the north side
Average
3,560 ft 1,085 m
all land inside city limits
Gordon spans about 90 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,560 ft1,085 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 3,630 ft1,105 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 3,540 ft1,080 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Gordon | 3,560 ft1,085 m |
| Airport (GRN) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi east of the city limits | 3,562 ft1,086 m |
| Average of all land | 3,560 ft1,085 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.3 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 3,560 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
205.4 °F96.3 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
88% of sea level
26.3 inHg (88.9 kPa): each breath holds 12% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+7% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States
- Population
- 1,442 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Density
- 1,547 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.8047° N, 102.2032° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Gordon Municipal (GRN) 3,562 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 69343
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Hay Springs3,850 ft
- Rushville3,740 ft
- Clinton3,740 ft
- Gordon3,560 ft
- Batesland, SD3,400 ft
- White Clay3,290 ft
- Wounded Knee, SD3,280 ft
- Manderson-White Horse Creek, SD3,280 ft
- Merriman3,260 ft
- Pine Ridge, SD3,260 ft
- Porcupine, SD3,100 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nebraska37th highest of 912
- Towns in Sheridan County4th highest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Rattlesnake Peak3,960 ft
- Mount Maria3,760 ft
- Lone Butte3,700 ft
- Rock Hill3,560 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city 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).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- 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.