Nuckolls County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nuckolls County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,520 ft on the southeast side to 1,930 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,930 ft 590 m1,830 ft 555 m1,770 ft 540 m1,670 ft 510 m1,570 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Nuckolls County averages about 1,720 ft (525 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,520 ft on the southeast side to 1,930 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,720 ft 525 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,930 ft 590 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,520 ft 460 m
on the southeast side

Nuckolls County spans about 410 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 land1,720 ft525 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,930 ft590 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,520 ft460 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Superior.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nuckolls County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,520 ft on the southeast side to 1,930 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
4,094 2024 est.
Land area
575.2 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
7.1 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. Webster County1,880 ft
  2. Clay County1,770 ft
  3. Nuckolls County1,720 ft
  4. Jewell County, KS1,660 ft
  5. Fillmore County1,630 ft
  6. Thayer County1,560 ft
  7. Republic County, KS1,520 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 7 towns in Nuckolls County by typical elevation
  1. Lawrence1,880 ft
  2. Nora1,760 ft
  3. Nelson1,700 ft
  4. Ruskin1,680 ft
  5. Superior1,600 ft
  6. Oak1,590 ft
  7. Hardy1,570 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,520 ft at 40.0024° N, 97.9301° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.