Sheridan County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
4,300 ft 1,310 m4,000 ft 1,220 m3,860 ft 1,175 m3,560 ft 1,085 m3,270 ft 995 m3,120 ft 950 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Sheridan County averages about 3,820 ft (1,165 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,120 ft on the northwest side to 4,300 ft on Argo Hill.
Average elevation
3,820 ft 1,165 m
all land inside the county
Highest
4,300 ft 1,310 m
on Argo Hill
Lowest
3,120 ft 950 m
on the northwest side
Sheridan County spans about 1,180 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 3,820 ft1,165 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Argo Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 4,300 ft1,310 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 3,120 ft950 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
68 mi south to north through Gordon.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Nebraska, United States
- Population
- 4,927 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,440.2 sq mi + 29.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 2.0 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Box Butte County4,170 ft
- Morrill County4,000 ft
- Dawes County3,820 ft
- Sheridan County3,820 ft
- Garden County3,790 ft
- Grant County3,770 ft
- Cherry County3,190 ft
- Oglala Lakota County, SD3,090 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Nebraska9th highest of 93
- Counties in the United States274th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Argo Hill4,300 ft
- Morton Hill4,290 ft
- Wolf Hill4,290 ft
- Lloyd Hill4,230 ft
- Big Hill4,140 ft
All 5 towns in Sheridan County by typical elevation
- Hay Springs3,850 ft
- Rushville3,740 ft
- Clinton3,740 ft
- Gordon3,560 ft
- White Clay3,290 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.