Superior, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Superior, Nebraska, shaded from 1,530 ft on the east side to 1,670 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,630 ft 500 m1,620 ft 495 m1,580 ft 485 m1,550 ft 470 m1,530 ft 465 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

Superior sits at about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,600 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,580–1,640 ft
Lowest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the east side
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the north side
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside city limits

Superior spans about 140 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
1,600 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,530 ft465 m
Town center
USGS map point for Superior
1,600 ft485 m
Airport (12K)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.5 mi north of the city limits
1,692 ft516 m
Average of all land1,590 ft485 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.3 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Superior, Nebraska, shaded from 1,530 ft on the east side to 1,670 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States
Population
1,829 2024 est.
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
821 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.0208° N, 98.0700° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Republican River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Superior Municipal (12K) 1,692 ft
ZIP codes 1
68978
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Nora1,760 ft
  2. Harrison Township, Jewell County, KS1,750 ft
  3. Richland Township, Jewell County, KS1,720 ft
  4. Holmwood Township, KS1,710 ft
  5. Nelson1,700 ft
  6. Montana Township, Jewell County, KS1,670 ft
  7. Webber, KS1,670 ft
  8. Jackson Township, Jewell County, KS1,640 ft
  9. Sinclair Township, KS1,610 ft
  10. Superior1,600 ft
  11. Hardy1,570 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.