Western Township, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Western Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,280 ft on the east side to 1,730 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,730 ft 530 m1,620 ft 495 m1,560 ft 475 m1,450 ft 440 m1,340 ft 410 m1,280 ft 390 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
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Western Township sits at about 1,510 ft (460 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,510 ft 460 m
few residents
Lowest
1,280 ft 390 m
on the east side
Highest
1,730 ft 530 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,490 ft 455 m
all land inside township boundaries

Western Township spans about 450 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 (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,510 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,730 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,280 ft390 m
Average of all land1,490 ft455 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.3 mi west to east through the middle of Western Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Western Township, Nebraska, shaded from 1,280 ft on the east side to 1,730 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Knox County, Nebraska, United States
Population
52 2024 est.
Land area
27.9 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.7029° N, 98.2432° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Niobrara River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Steel Creek Township1,720 ft
  2. Washington Township, Knox County1,710 ft
  3. Scott Township1,710 ft
  4. Jefferson Township1,630 ft
  5. Bohemia Township, Knox County1,520 ft
  6. Western Township1,510 ft
  7. Raymond Township1,430 ft
  8. Monowi1,380 ft
  9. Verdel1,290 ft
  10. Niobrara Township1,280 ft
  11. Niobrara1,280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Butte1,710 ft
  • Old Baldy, Boyd County1,570 ft
  • Maidens Leap1,510 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.