Mead Township, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mead Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,650 ft on the east side to 1,790 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,760 ft 535 m1,740 ft 530 m1,700 ft 520 m1,670 ft 510 m1,650 ft 505 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mead Township sits at about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
most residents: 1,670–1,730 ft
Lowest
1,650 ft 500 m
on the east side
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the west side
Average
1,700 ft 520 m
all land inside township boundaries

Mead Township spans about 140 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,690 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,790 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,650 ft500 m
Airport (07K)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.5 mi south of the township boundaries
1,717 ft523 m
Average of all land1,700 ft520 m

Elevation profile, west to east

9.0 mi west to east through the middle of Mead Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mead Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,650 ft on the east side to 1,790 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Merrick County, Nebraska, United States
Population
175 2024 est.
Land area
53.2 sq mi
Density
3.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2419° N, 98.0117° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Central City Muni/larry Reineke Field (07K) 1,717 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Loup Ferry Township1,830 ft
  2. Archer1,740 ft
  3. Midland Township, Merrick County1,730 ft
  4. Lone Tree Township1,700 ft
  5. Central City1,700 ft
  6. Mead Township1,690 ft
  7. West Newman Township1,670 ft
  8. Central Township, Merrick County1,660 ft
  9. Fullerton1,650 ft
  10. Clarksville Township1,620 ft
  11. East Newman Township1,620 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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).
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.