Hayes County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hayes County, Nebraska, shaded from 2,600 ft on the southeast side to 3,420 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
3,420 ft 1,040 m3,210 ft 980 m3,110 ft 950 m2,910 ft 885 m2,700 ft 825 m2,600 ft 790 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Hayes County averages about 3,020 ft (920 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,600 ft on the southeast side to 3,420 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
3,020 ft 920 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,420 ft 1,040 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
2,600 ft 790 m
on the southeast side

Hayes County spans about 820 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 land3,020 ft920 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
3,420 ft1,040 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
2,600 ft790 m

Elevation profile, west to east

29 mi west to east through Hayes Center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hayes County, Nebraska, shaded from 2,600 ft on the southeast side to 3,420 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
846 2024 est.
Land area
713.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
1.2 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
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. Perkins County3,390 ft
  2. Chase County3,340 ft
  3. Dundy County3,300 ft
  4. Hayes County3,020 ft
  5. Lincoln County2,980 ft
  6. Hitchcock County2,870 ft
  7. Frontier County2,660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 3 towns in Hayes County by typical elevation
  1. Hayes Center3,050 ft
  2. Hamlet2,840 ft
  3. Palisade partly2,760 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, 2,600 ft at 40.4010° N, 100.7810° 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.