Seward, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Seward, Nebraska, shaded from 1,430 ft on the southwest side to 1,520 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,520 ft 465 m1,500 ft 455 m1,480 ft 455 m1,460 ft 445 m1,440 ft 440 m1,430 ft 435 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

Seward sits at about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,450–1,510 ft
Lowest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the north side
Average
1,470 ft 450 m
all land inside city limits

Seward spans about 90 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
1,490 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,520 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,430 ft435 m
Town center
USGS map point for Seward
1,490 ft455 m
Airport (SWT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.5 mi south of the city limits
1,506 ft459 m
Average of all land1,470 ft450 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Seward, Nebraska, shaded from 1,430 ft on the southwest side to 1,520 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Seward County, Nebraska, United States
Population
7,752 2024 est.
Land area
4.5 sq mi
Density
1,739 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.9070° N, 97.0989° 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
Airport
Seward Municipal (SWT) 1,506 ft
ZIP codes 1
68434
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Garland1,570 ft
  2. Bee1,560 ft
  3. Tamora1,550 ft
  4. Ulysses Township1,550 ft
  5. Goehner1,540 ft
  6. Ulysses1,540 ft
  7. Staplehurst1,490 ft
  8. Seward1,490 ft
  9. Milford1,460 ft
  10. Malcolm1,320 ft
  11. Pleasant Dale1,310 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).
  • 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.