Lancaster County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lancaster County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,070 ft on the northeast side to 1,520 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,520 ft 465 m1,410 ft 430 m1,350 ft 415 m1,240 ft 380 m1,130 ft 345 m1,070 ft 325 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

Lancaster County averages about 1,290 ft (395 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,070 ft on the northeast side to 1,520 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,290 ft 395 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northeast side

Lancaster County spans about 450 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 land1,290 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,520 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,070 ft325 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through Lincoln.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lancaster County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,070 ft on the northeast side to 1,520 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
332,857 2024 est.
Land area
837.6 sq mi + 8.8 sq mi water
Density
397 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. Butler County1,550 ft
  2. Seward County1,500 ft
  3. Saline County1,470 ft
  4. Gage County1,360 ft
  5. Lancaster County1,290 ft
  6. Saunders County1,290 ft
  7. Cass County1,170 ft
  8. Otoe County1,150 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 22 towns in Lancaster County by typical elevation
  1. Hallam1,480 ft
  2. Princeton1,440 ft
  3. Cheney1,430 ft
  4. Panama1,400 ft
  5. Kramer1,360 ft
  6. Firth1,350 ft
  7. Martell1,350 ft
  8. Malcolm1,320 ft
  9. Prairie Home1,290 ft
  10. Bennet1,290 ft
  11. Hickman1,290 ft
  12. Sprague1,280 ft
  13. Davey1,280 ft
  14. Agnew1,270 ft
  15. Roca1,260 ft
  16. Denton1,250 ft
  17. Walton1,240 ft
  18. Raymond1,230 ft
  19. Lincoln1,220 ft
  20. Emerald1,210 ft
  21. Yankee Hill1,180 ft
  22. Waverly1,120 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.