Papillion, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Papillion, Nebraska, shaded from 980 ft on the east side to 1,240 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,240 ft 380 m1,170 ft 360 m1,140 ft 350 m1,080 ft 330 m1,010 ft 310 m980 ft 300 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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

Papillion sits at about 1,090 ft (330 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,090 ft 330 m
most residents: 1,030–1,140 ft
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the east side
Highest
1,240 ft 380 m
on the west side
Average
1,100 ft 335 m
all land inside city limits

Papillion spans about 260 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
1,090 ft330 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,240 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
980 ft300 m
Town center
USGS map point for Papillion
1,010 ft310 m
Airport (OMA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 11 mi northeast of the city limits
985 ft300 m
Average of all land1,100 ft335 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Papillion, Nebraska, shaded from 980 ft on the east side to 1,240 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Sarpy County, Nebraska, United States
Population
25,248 2024 est.
Land area
12.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2,021 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.1544° N, 96.0422° 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 5
68046 68059 68128 68133 68138
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Richfield1,190 ft
  2. Chalco1,130 ft
  3. La Vista1,110 ft
  4. Springfield1,110 ft
  5. Ralston1,100 ft
  6. Bellevue1,100 ft
  7. Offutt AFB1,090 ft
  8. Papillion1,090 ft
  9. Buccaneer Bay1,040 ft
  10. Cedar Creek1,000 ft
  11. La Platte980 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, 980 ft at 41.1613° N, 95.9890° 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.