Osceola, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Osceola, Nebraska, shaded from 1,620 ft on the east side to 1,680 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,680 ft 515 m1,670 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,640 ft 500 m1,630 ft 495 m1,620 ft 495 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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City area
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Elevation Data

Osceola sits at about 1,660 ft (505 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,660 ft 505 m
most residents: 1,630–1,670 ft
Lowest
1,620 ft 495 m
on the east side
Highest
1,680 ft 515 m
on the west side
Average
1,650 ft 505 m
all land inside city limits

Osceola spans about 60 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
1,660 ft505 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,680 ft515 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,620 ft495 m
Town center
USGS map point for Osceola
1,670 ft510 m
Average of all land1,650 ft505 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Osceola, Nebraska, shaded from 1,620 ft on the east side to 1,680 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Polk County, Nebraska, United States
Population
885 2024 est.
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
960 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1797° N, 97.5476° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Big Blue River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
68651
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Benedict1,680 ft
  2. Stromsburg1,680 ft
  3. Osceola1,660 ft
  4. Shelby1,640 ft
  5. Summit Township, Butler County1,630 ft
  6. Gresham1,610 ft
  7. Reading Township1,590 ft
  8. Rising City1,590 ft
  9. Silver Creek Township1,550 ft
  10. Silver Creek1,550 ft
  11. Surprise1,540 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).
  • 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, 1,620 ft at 41.1801° N, 97.5424° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.