Saunders County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saunders County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,050 ft on the southeast side to 1,640 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,640 ft 500 m1,490 ft 455 m1,420 ft 430 m1,270 ft 385 m1,120 ft 340 m1,050 ft 320 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Saunders County averages about 1,290 ft (390 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,050 ft on the southeast side to 1,640 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,290 ft 390 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the southeast side

Saunders County spans about 590 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 land1,290 ft390 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,640 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,050 ft320 m

Elevation profile, west to east

29 mi west to east through Wahoo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saunders County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,050 ft on the southeast side to 1,640 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
23,406 2024 est.
Land area
748.7 sq mi + 11.1 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Butler County1,550 ft
  2. Dodge County1,300 ft
  3. Lancaster County1,290 ft
  4. Saunders County1,290 ft
  5. Cass County1,170 ft
  6. Douglas County1,160 ft
  7. Sarpy County1,110 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Indian Peak1,472 ft
  • Skunk Hill1,370 ft
  • Bodleys Hill1,360 ft
All 39 towns in Saunders County by typical elevation
  1. Newman Township1,450 ft
  2. Elk Township1,420 ft
  3. Bohemia Township1,420 ft
  4. Chester Township1,370 ft
  5. Douglas Township1,350 ft
  6. Prague1,350 ft
  7. Oak Creek Township1,320 ft
  8. Valparaiso1,310 ft
  9. Mariposa Township1,300 ft
  10. Pohocco Township1,300 ft
  11. North Cedar Township1,300 ft
  12. Cedar Bluffs1,300 ft
  13. Morse Bluff Township1,290 ft
  14. Morse Bluff1,290 ft
  15. Chapman Township1,280 ft
  16. South Cedar Township1,270 ft
  17. Stocking Township1,270 ft
  18. Malmo1,260 ft
  19. Weston1,260 ft
  20. Center Township1,250 ft
  21. Colon1,240 ft
  22. Richland Township1,230 ft
  23. Ceresco1,220 ft
  24. Wahoo1,210 ft
  25. Green Township1,210 ft
  26. Marietta Township1,210 ft
  27. Mead1,210 ft
  28. Leshara Township1,200 ft
  29. Yutan1,180 ft
  30. Union Township1,180 ft
  31. Leshara1,180 ft
  32. Wahoo Township1,170 ft
  33. Ithaca1,150 ft
  34. Marble Township1,140 ft
  35. Memphis1,110 ft
  36. Ashland Township1,110 ft
  37. Ashland1,100 ft
  38. Wann1,080 ft
  39. Clear Creek Township1,080 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.