Platte County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Platte County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,400 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,910 ft 585 m1,780 ft 545 m1,720 ft 525 m1,590 ft 485 m1,470 ft 445 m1,400 ft 430 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Platte County averages about 1,630 ft (495 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,400 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,630 ft 495 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,910 ft 585 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,400 ft 430 m
on the southeast side

Platte County spans about 510 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 land1,630 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,910 ft585 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,400 ft430 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Columbus.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Platte County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,400 ft on the southeast side to 1,910 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
35,499 2024 est.
Land area
675.2 sq mi + 9.4 sq mi water
Density
53 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains 94%
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. Boone County1,900 ft
  2. Nance County1,740 ft
  3. Merrick County1,710 ft
  4. Madison County1,700 ft
  5. Polk County1,630 ft
  6. Platte County1,630 ft
  7. Stanton County1,600 ft
  8. Butler County1,550 ft
  9. Colfax County1,490 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 28 towns in Platte County by typical elevation
  1. Walker Township1,800 ft
  2. Woodville Township1,760 ft
  3. Newman Grove partly1,740 ft
  4. Cornlea1,720 ft
  5. St. Bernard Township1,700 ft
  6. Joliet Township1,690 ft
  7. Granville Township1,680 ft
  8. Lindsay1,680 ft
  9. Monroe Township1,680 ft
  10. Humphrey1,670 ft
  11. Burrows Township1,670 ft
  12. Tarnov1,670 ft
  13. Humphrey Township1,660 ft
  14. Grand Prairie Township1,660 ft
  15. Creston Township1,640 ft
  16. Sherman Township, Platte County1,620 ft
  17. Creston1,620 ft
  18. Lost Creek Township1,550 ft
  19. Platte Center1,550 ft
  20. Lakeview1,540 ft
  21. Shell Creek Township1,540 ft
  22. Monroe1,520 ft
  23. Oconee Township1,520 ft
  24. Bismark Township1,510 ft
  25. Duncan1,500 ft
  26. Butler Township1,500 ft
  27. Columbus Township1,460 ft
  28. Columbus1,450 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.
  • 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.