Fort Berthold Reservation, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,710 ft 825 m2,490 ft 760 m2,380 ft 725 m2,160 ft 660 m1,940 ft 590 m1,830 ft 560 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official reservation boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Fort Berthold Reservation averages about 2,070 ft (630 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,830 ft on the west side to 2,710 ft on Blue Butte.
Average elevation
2,070 ft 630 m
all land inside the reservation
Highest
2,710 ft 825 m
on Blue Butte
Lowest
1,830 ft 560 m
on the west side
Fort Berthold Reservation spans about 880 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 | 2,070 ft630 m |
| Highest point Inside the reservation, on Blue Butte (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 2,710 ft825 m |
| Lowest point Inside the reservation, on the west side | 1,830 ft560 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
33 mi south to north through New Town.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Reservation in North Dakota, United States (U.S. Census Bureau)
- Population
- 8,350 2020 Census
- Land area
- 1,319.1 sq mi + 263.5 sq mi water
- Density
- 6.3 per sq mi
- Time zones
- Central UTC−6 / −5, 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
Nearest tribal lands nearest, by average
- Fort Peck Indian Reservation, MT2,430 ft
- Turtle Mountain Reservation2,330 ft
- Cheyenne River Reservation, SD2,130 ft
- Standing Rock Reservation, SD2,070 ft
- Fort Berthold Reservation2,070 ft
- Spirit Lake Reservation1,510 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Tribal lands in North Dakota2nd highest of 3
- Tribal lands in the United States152nd highest of 704
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Blue Butte2,710 ft
- Phaelens Butte2,650 ft
- Eagle Nest Butte2,570 ft
- Heart Butte, Dunn County2,440 ft
- Saddle Butte, Dunn County2,370 ft
All 24 towns in the reservation by typical elevation
- Mandaree2,260 ft
- Gate Township2,160 ft
- Fertile Township, Mountrail County2,140 ft
- Hiddenwood Township partly2,140 ft
- Mountrail Township2,120 ft
- Banner Township2,110 ft
- Roseglen Township2,090 ft
- Plaza Township2,080 ft
- Orlien Township partly2,070 ft
- Model Township2,060 ft
- Amundsville Township2,050 ft
- Big Bend Township, Mountrail County2,030 ft
- Cremerville Township2,020 ft
- White Shield2,010 ft
- Deepwater Township2,000 ft
- Parshall Township1,950 ft
- Parshall1,950 ft
- Howie Township1,940 ft
- New Town1,940 ft
- Four Bears Village1,940 ft
- Van Hook Township1,920 ft
- Loquemont Township1,920 ft
- Liberty Township, Mountrail County1,910 ft
- Osborn Township1,900 ft
How we measure
- Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census reservation boundary (TIGER/Line AIANNH, 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
- Name: the Census Bureau's legal or statistical area name, as published; the nation's own name may differ.
- Population: 2020 Census residents of the blocks inside the boundary.
- Nearby Places: nearest tribal lands 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 reservation 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 reservation.
- 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); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.