Chouteau County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
7,660 ft 2,335 m6,340 ft 1,935 m5,690 ft 1,735 m4,370 ft 1,330 m3,050 ft 930 m2,390 ft 730 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
Chouteau County averages about 3,250 ft (990 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,390 ft on the east side to 7,660 ft on Highwood Baldy.
Average elevation
3,250 ft 990 m
all land inside the county
Highest
7,660 ft 2,335 m
on Highwood Baldy
Lowest
2,390 ft 730 m
on the east side
Chouteau County spans about 5,270 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 | 3,250 ft990 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Highwood Baldy (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 7,660 ft2,335 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the east side | 2,390 ft730 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
53 mi south to north through Fort Benton.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Montana, United States
- Population
- 5,880 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3,972.5 sq mi + 24.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 1.5 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Gulf of America 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Judith Basin County5,050 ft
- Teton County4,490 ft
- Cascade County4,300 ft
- Pondera County4,040 ft
- Fergus County3,800 ft
- Liberty County3,380 ft
- Chouteau County3,250 ft
- Blaine County3,070 ft
- Hill County2,980 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Montana36th highest of 54
- Counties in the United States343rd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Highwood Baldy7,660 ft
- Arrow Peak7,470 ft
- Centennial Mountain5,810 ft
- Square Butte5,730 ft
- Carter Mountain5,470 ft
All 12 towns in Chouteau County by typical elevation
- Highwood3,390 ft
- Twin Hills Colony3,300 ft
- Boneau3,290 ft
- Floweree3,200 ft
- Geraldine3,150 ft
- Square Butte3,140 ft
- Carter3,140 ft
- Sunnybrook Colony3,070 ft
- Rocky Boy West2,760 ft
- Big Sandy2,700 ft
- Fort Benton2,640 ft
- Loma2,570 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; 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, 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.