York, NE Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of York, Nebraska, shaded from 1,580 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,650 ft 505 m1,640 ft 500 m1,610 ft 490 m1,590 ft 485 m1,580 ft 480 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

York sits at about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,600–1,650 ft
Lowest
1,580 ft 480 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,640 ft 500 m
all land inside city limits

York spans about 90 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
1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
1,670 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,580 ft480 m
Town center
USGS map point for York
1,600 ft490 m
Airport (JYR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,670 ft509 m
Average of all land1,640 ft500 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.5 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of York, Nebraska, shaded from 1,580 ft on the southeast side to 1,670 ft on the northwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in York County, Nebraska, United States
Population
8,179 2024 est.
Land area
6.6 sq mi
Density
1,241 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.8681° N, 97.5920° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Beaver Creek → West Fork Big Blue River → Big Blue River → Kansas River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
York Municipal (JYR) 1,670 ft
ZIP codes 1
68467
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bradshaw1,720 ft
  2. Henderson1,720 ft
  3. Benedict1,680 ft
  4. Lushton1,680 ft
  5. West Blue Township1,650 ft
  6. York1,640 ft
  7. Waco1,620 ft
  8. Gresham1,610 ft
  9. Utica1,590 ft
  10. Thayer1,580 ft
  11. McCool Junction1,560 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).
  • 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, 1,580 ft at 40.8574° N, 97.5835° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.