Merrick County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Merrick County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,520 ft on the northeast side to 2,000 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,000 ft 610 m1,880 ft 570 m1,820 ft 555 m1,700 ft 515 m1,580 ft 480 m1,520 ft 460 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

Merrick County averages about 1,710 ft (520 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,520 ft on the northeast side to 2,000 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,710 ft 520 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,000 ft 610 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,520 ft 460 m
on the northeast side

Merrick County spans about 480 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 land1,710 ft520 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
2,000 ft610 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,520 ft460 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through Central City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Merrick County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,520 ft on the northeast side to 2,000 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
7,837 2024 est.
Land area
487.8 sq mi + 9.0 sq mi water
Density
16 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. Hall County1,930 ft
  2. Howard County1,920 ft
  3. Hamilton County1,790 ft
  4. Nance County1,740 ft
  5. Merrick County1,710 ft
  6. Polk County1,630 ft
  7. Platte County1,630 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 17 towns in Merrick County by typical elevation
  1. Vieregg Township1,820 ft
  2. Loup Township1,800 ft
  3. Palmer1,800 ft
  4. Prairie Creek Township1,790 ft
  5. Chapman Township, Merrick County1,770 ft
  6. Chapman1,770 ft
  7. Archer1,740 ft
  8. Midland Township, Merrick County1,730 ft
  9. Lone Tree Township1,700 ft
  10. Central City1,700 ft
  11. Prairie Island Township1,690 ft
  12. Mead Township1,690 ft
  13. Central Township, Merrick County1,660 ft
  14. Clarks1,620 ft
  15. Clarksville Township1,620 ft
  16. Silver Creek Township1,550 ft
  17. Silver Creek1,550 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.