Knox County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Knox County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,210 ft on the northeast side to 1,940 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,940 ft 590 m1,750 ft 535 m1,660 ft 505 m1,480 ft 450 m1,300 ft 395 m1,210 ft 370 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

Knox County averages about 1,610 ft (490 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,210 ft on the northeast side to 1,940 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,610 ft 490 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,940 ft 590 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,210 ft 370 m
on the northeast side

Knox County spans about 730 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 land1,610 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,940 ft590 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,210 ft370 m

Elevation profile, south to north

25 mi south to north through Creighton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Knox County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,210 ft on the northeast side to 1,940 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
8,306 2024 est.
Land area
1,108.2 sq mi + 31.5 sq mi water
Density
7.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 54%, Central Lowland 46%
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. Holt County2,030 ft
  2. Antelope County1,870 ft
  3. Boyd County1,740 ft
  4. Pierce County1,710 ft
  5. Knox County1,610 ft
  6. Charles Mix County, SD1,560 ft
  7. Cedar County1,490 ft
  8. Bon Homme County, SD1,440 ft
  9. Yankton County, SD1,330 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Stony Butte1,710 ft
  • Maidens Leap1,510 ft
All 42 towns in Knox County by typical elevation
  1. Dowling Township1,840 ft
  2. Peoria Township1,800 ft
  3. Lincoln Township1,780 ft
  4. Wausa1,780 ft
  5. Walnut Grove Township1,760 ft
  6. Cleveland Township, Knox County1,760 ft
  7. Columbia Township1,750 ft
  8. Morton Township1,730 ft
  9. Bloomfield1,710 ft
  10. Washington Township, Knox County1,710 ft
  11. Addison Township1,700 ft
  12. Central Township1,670 ft
  13. Lindy1,660 ft
  14. Miller Township1,660 ft
  15. Winnetoon1,660 ft
  16. Dolphin Township1,650 ft
  17. Harrison Township1,650 ft
  18. Logan Township, Knox County1,640 ft
  19. Creighton1,640 ft
  20. Jefferson Township1,630 ft
  21. Creighton Township1,630 ft
  22. Bazile Mills1,580 ft
  23. Sparta Township1,570 ft
  24. Union Township, Knox County1,550 ft
  25. Bohemia Township, Knox County1,520 ft
  26. Western Township1,510 ft
  27. Spade Township1,490 ft
  28. Eastern Township1,460 ft
  29. Frankfort Township1,440 ft
  30. Raymond Township1,430 ft
  31. Valley Township1,430 ft
  32. Crofton1,420 ft
  33. Herrick Township1,410 ft
  34. Verdigre Township1,400 ft
  35. Center1,400 ft
  36. Verdigre1,390 ft
  37. North Frankfort Township1,310 ft
  38. Verdel1,290 ft
  39. Niobrara Township1,280 ft
  40. Niobrara1,280 ft
  41. Hill Township1,260 ft
  42. Santee1,240 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.