Omaha, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Omaha, Nebraska, shaded from 960 ft near the middle to 1,300 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,300 ft 400 m1,220 ft 370 m1,180 ft 360 m1,090 ft 330 m1,000 ft 305 m960 ft 295 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Omaha sits at about 1,160 ft (355 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,160 ft 355 m
most residents: 1,060–1,220 ft
Lowest
960 ft 295 m
near the middle
Highest
1,300 ft 400 m
on the west side
Average
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside city limits

Omaha spans about 340 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
1,160 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,300 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
960 ft295 m
Town center
USGS map point for Omaha
1,060 ft320 m
Airport (OMA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
985 ft300 m
Average of all land1,130 ft345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

16 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Omaha, Nebraska, shaded from 960 ft near the middle to 1,300 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Douglas County, Nebraska, United States
Population
489,265 2024 est.
Land area
145.2 sq mi + 3.6 sq mi water
Density
3,370 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.2586° N, 95.9378° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Eppley Airfield (OMA) 985 ft
ZIP codes 30
68022 68102 68104 68105 68106 68107 68108 68110 68111 68112 68114 68116 68117 68118 68122 68124 68127 68130 68131 68132 68134 68135 68137 68144 68152 68154 68164 68178 68182 68183
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Boys Town1,240 ft
  2. Omaha1,160 ft
  3. Crescent, IA1,130 ft
  4. La Vista1,110 ft
  5. Ralston1,100 ft
  6. Bellevue1,100 ft
  7. Offutt AFB1,090 ft
  8. Papillion1,090 ft
  9. Weston, IA1,070 ft
  10. Council Bluffs, IA980 ft
  11. Carter Lake, IA980 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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).
  • 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.