Fort Benton, MT Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,900 ft 885 m2,830 ft 860 m2,790 ft 850 m2,720 ft 830 m2,650 ft 810 m2,620 ft 800 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Fort Benton sits at about 2,640 ft (805 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,640 ft 805 m
most residents: 2,630–2,640 ft
Lowest
2,620 ft 800 m
on the northeast side
Highest
2,900 ft 885 m
on the northeast side
Average
2,730 ft 830 m
all land inside city limits
Fort Benton spans about 280 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,640 ft805 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 2,900 ft885 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 2,620 ft800 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Fort Benton | 2,630 ft805 m |
| Airport (79S) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways | 2,869 ft874 m |
| Average of all land | 2,730 ft830 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
0.5 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Chouteau County, Montana, United States
- Population
- 1,422 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 609 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.8183° N, 110.6674° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Fort Benton (79S) 2,869 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 59442
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Belt3,510 ft
- Highwood3,390 ft
- Twin Hills Colony3,300 ft
- Floweree3,200 ft
- Geraldine3,150 ft
- Square Butte3,140 ft
- Carter3,140 ft
- Riverview Colony3,120 ft
- Sunnybrook Colony3,070 ft
- Fort Benton2,640 ft
- Loma2,570 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Montana421st highest of 497
- Towns in Chouteau County11th highest of 12
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Highwood Baldy7,660 ft
- Arrow Peak7,470 ft
- Centennial Mountain5,810 ft
- Square Butte, Chouteau County5,730 ft
- Carter Mountain5,470 ft
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).
- 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.