Nance County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nance County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,540 ft on the east side to 2,040 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,040 ft 620 m1,910 ft 585 m1,850 ft 565 m1,730 ft 525 m1,600 ft 490 m1,540 ft 470 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

Nance County averages about 1,740 ft (530 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,540 ft on the east side to 2,040 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,740 ft 530 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,040 ft 620 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,540 ft 470 m
on the east side

Nance County spans about 500 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 land1,740 ft530 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,040 ft620 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,540 ft470 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Fullerton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nance County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,540 ft on the east side to 2,040 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
3,262 2024 est.
Land area
441.6 sq mi + 6.6 sq mi water
Density
7.4 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. Greeley County2,050 ft
  2. Howard County1,920 ft
  3. Boone County1,900 ft
  4. Nance County1,740 ft
  5. Merrick County1,710 ft
  6. Platte County1,630 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 15 towns in Nance County by typical elevation
  1. South Branch Township1,920 ft
  2. Cottonwood Township1,830 ft
  3. Loup Ferry Township1,830 ft
  4. Cedar Township1,800 ft
  5. Timber Creek Township1,740 ft
  6. Belgrade1,730 ft
  7. Council Creek Township1,700 ft
  8. Beaver Township1,700 ft
  9. West Newman Township1,670 ft
  10. Fullerton Township1,650 ft
  11. Genoa Township1,650 ft
  12. Fullerton1,650 ft
  13. East Newman Township1,620 ft
  14. Genoa1,590 ft
  15. Prairie Creek Township, Nance County1,580 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.