Melbeta, NE Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,860 ft 1,175 m3,850 ft 1,175 m3,850 ft 1,170 m3,840 ft 1,170 m3,830 ft 1,165 m3,820 ft 1,165 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.
- Village area
- Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Melbeta sits at about 3,830 ft (1,165 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
3,830 ft 1,165 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
3,820 ft 1,165 m
on the northeast side
Highest
3,830 ft 1,170 m
on the south side
Average
3,830 ft 1,165 m
all land inside village limits
Melbeta is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 3,830 ft1,165 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, on the south side | 3,830 ft1,170 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the northeast side | 3,820 ft1,165 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Melbeta | 3,830 ft1,165 m |
| Airport (BFF) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.3 mi northwest of the village limits | 3,967 ft1,209 m |
| Average of all land | 3,830 ft1,165 m |
Altitude Effects
What 3,830 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
204.9 °F96.1 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
87% of sea level
26.0 inHg (88.1 kPa): each breath holds 13% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
18.2% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+8% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, United States
- Population
- 110 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.1 sq mi
- Density
- 1,964 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 41.7816° N, 103.5177° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- North Platte River → Middle Channel Platte River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Scottsbluff/western Nebraska Rgnl/wm B Heilig Field (BFF) 3,967 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 69355
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Harrisburg4,480 ft
- Morrill3,990 ft
- Mitchell3,950 ft
- Gering3,930 ft
- Scottsbluff3,890 ft
- Terrytown3,890 ft
- Melbeta3,830 ft
- Minatare3,820 ft
- McGrew3,780 ft
- Bayard3,780 ft
- Bridgeport3,670 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Nebraska24th highest of 912
- Towns in Scotts Bluff County8th highest of 10
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Bead Mountain4,620 ft
- Big Haystack Mountain4,480 ft
- Coyote Rock4,480 ft
- Roundtop, Scotts Bluff County4,470 ft
- Castle Rock, Scotts Bluff County4,460 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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.