Spencer, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spencer, Nebraska, shaded from 1,520 ft on the east side to 1,700 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,700 ft 520 m1,660 ft 505 m1,630 ft 500 m1,590 ft 485 m1,550 ft 470 m1,520 ft 465 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Spencer sits at about 1,690 ft (515 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,690 ft 515 m
most residents: 1,590–1,690 ft
Lowest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the east side
Highest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,650 ft 505 m
all land inside village limits

Spencer spans about 180 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
1,690 ft515 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the northwest side
1,700 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the east side
1,520 ft465 m
Town center
USGS map point for Spencer
1,690 ft515 m
Average of all land1,650 ft505 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Spencer, Nebraska, shaded from 1,520 ft on the east side to 1,700 ft on the northwest side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in Boyd County, Nebraska, United States
Population
378 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
632 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.8739° N, 98.7015° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Ponca Creek → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
68777
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Butte Township1,810 ft
  2. Butte1,810 ft
  3. Gross1,770 ft
  4. Coleman Township1,750 ft
  5. Paddock Township, Holt County1,740 ft
  6. Morton Township, Boyd County1,700 ft
  7. Spencer Township1,690 ft
  8. Spencer1,690 ft
  9. Anoka1,650 ft
  10. Bristow Township1,470 ft
  11. Bristow1,470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Harvey Buttes1,900 ft
  • Ninemile Hill1,891 ft
  • Old Baldy, Boyd County1,570 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.