Valley County, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valley County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,920 ft on the southeast side to 2,580 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,580 ft 790 m2,420 ft 735 m2,340 ft 710 m2,170 ft 660 m2,010 ft 610 m1,920 ft 585 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Valley County averages about 2,200 ft (670 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,920 ft on the southeast side to 2,580 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,200 ft 670 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,580 ft 790 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,920 ft 585 m
on the southeast side

Valley County spans about 660 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land2,200 ft670 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,580 ft790 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,920 ft585 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Ord Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Valley County, Nebraska, shaded from 1,920 ft on the southeast side to 2,580 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Nebraska, United States
Population
4,032 2024 est.
Land area
568.1 sq mi + 2.4 sq mi water
Density
7.1 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Custer County2,610 ft
  2. Garfield County2,280 ft
  3. Valley County2,200 ft
  4. Sherman County2,160 ft
  5. Wheeler County2,100 ft
  6. Greeley County2,050 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 7 towns in Valley County by typical elevation
  1. Arcadia Township2,160 ft
  2. Arcadia2,160 ft
  3. Elyria2,110 ft
  4. Ord Township2,060 ft
  5. Ord2,060 ft
  6. North Loup Township1,970 ft
  7. North Loup1,960 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,920 ft at 41.4957° N, 98.7512° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.