Plainview, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainview, Nebraska, shaded from 1,670 ft on the southeast side to 1,730 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,730 ft 530 m1,720 ft 525 m1,710 ft 520 m1,700 ft 515 m1,680 ft 510 m1,670 ft 510 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Plainview sits at about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
most residents: 1,680–1,700 ft
Lowest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,730 ft 530 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,690 ft 515 m
all land inside city limits

Plainview 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
1,690 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,730 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,670 ft510 m
Town center
USGS map point for Plainview
1,680 ft515 m
Average of all land1,690 ft515 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plainview, Nebraska, shaded from 1,670 ft on the southeast side to 1,730 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Pierce County, Nebraska, United States
Population
1,267 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,171 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.3497° N, 97.7920° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
North Fork Elkhorn River → Elkhorn River → Platte River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
68769
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brunswick1,870 ft
  2. Cleveland Township, Knox County1,760 ft
  3. Columbia Township1,750 ft
  4. Plainview1,690 ft
  5. Osmond1,660 ft
  6. Miller Township1,660 ft
  7. Winnetoon1,660 ft
  8. Creighton1,640 ft
  9. Foster1,640 ft
  10. Creighton Township1,630 ft
  11. Bazile Mills1,580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Council Hill1,860 ft
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); BTS time zones. All public domain.