Shields Township, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shields Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,750 ft on the northeast side to 2,040 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,040 ft 620 m1,960 ft 600 m1,930 ft 590 m1,860 ft 565 m1,780 ft 545 m1,750 ft 535 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shields Township sits at about 2,000 ft (610 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,000 ft 610 m
most residents: 1,860–2,010 ft
Lowest
1,750 ft 535 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,040 ft 620 m
on the west side
Average
1,960 ft 595 m
all land inside township boundaries

Shields Township spans about 290 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
2,000 ft610 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
2,040 ft620 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,750 ft535 m
Airport (ONL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.7 mi south of the township boundaries
2,034 ft620 m
Average of all land1,960 ft595 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the middle of Shields Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shields Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,750 ft on the northeast side to 2,040 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Holt County, Nebraska, United States
Population
90 2024 est.
Land area
72.0 sq mi
Density
1.3 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.5592° N, 98.6675° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
The O'neill Muni-john L Baker Field (ONL) 2,034 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant View Township2,050 ft
  2. Emmet Township2,040 ft
  3. Belle Township2,030 ft
  4. Emmet2,020 ft
  5. O'Neill2,000 ft
  6. Grattan Township2,000 ft
  7. Shields Township2,000 ft
  8. Antelope Township, Holt County1,950 ft
  9. Rock Falls Township1,900 ft
  10. Willowdale Township1,890 ft
  11. Coleman Township1,750 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.