Niobrara County, WY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
6,110 ft 1,860 m5,470 ft 1,665 m5,150 ft 1,570 m4,510 ft 1,375 m3,870 ft 1,180 m3,550 ft 1,085 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Niobrara County averages about 4,530 ft (1,380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,550 ft on the northeast side to 6,110 ft on the south side.
Average elevation
4,530 ft 1,380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
6,110 ft 1,860 m
on the south side
Lowest
3,550 ft 1,085 m
on the northeast side
Niobrara County spans about 2,560 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 4,530 ft1,380 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the south side | 6,110 ft1,860 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the northeast side | 3,550 ft1,085 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
62 mi south to north through Lusk.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Wyoming, United States
- Population
- 2,301 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,626.0 sq mi + 1.9 sq mi water
- Density
- 0.9 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- 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
- Converse County5,430 ft
- Platte County5,170 ft
- Goshen County4,640 ft
- Niobrara County4,530 ft
- Weston County4,460 ft
- Sioux County, NE4,440 ft
- Custer County, SD4,220 ft
- Fall River County, SD3,590 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Wyoming20th highest of 23
- Counties in the United States208th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Lone Tree Hill, Niobrara County6,090 ft
- Flattop Butte5,860 ft
- Shelton Peak5,570 ft
- Bald Butte, Niobrara County5,470 ft
- Chalk Buttes, Niobrara County5,450 ft
All 4 towns in Niobrara County by typical elevation
- Manville5,250 ft
- Lusk5,030 ft
- Van Tassell4,750 ft
- Lance Creek4,500 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
- Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- 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.