Pondera County, MT Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pondera County, Montana, shaded from 3,060 ft on the east side to 8,390 ft on the west side
Elevation
8,390 ft 2,560 m7,060 ft 2,150 m6,390 ft 1,950 m5,060 ft 1,540 m3,730 ft 1,135 m3,060 ft 930 m
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Pondera County averages about 4,040 ft (1,235 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 3,060 ft on the east side to 8,390 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
4,040 ft 1,235 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,390 ft 2,560 m
on the west side
Lowest
3,060 ft 930 m
on the east side

Pondera County spans about 5,330 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.

FigureElevation
Average of all land4,040 ft1,235 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
8,390 ft2,560 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
3,060 ft930 m

Elevation profile, west to east

84 mi west to east through Conrad.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pondera County, Montana, shaded from 3,060 ft on the east side to 8,390 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 500 ft (152 m).
Location
County in Montana, United States
Population
6,078 2024 est.
Land area
1,624.6 sq mi + 17.0 sq mi water
Density
3.7 per sq mi
Time zone
Mountain UTC−7 / −6
Landform regions
Great Plains 86%, Northern Rocky Mountains 14%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Flathead County4,980 ft
  2. Glacier County4,800 ft
  3. Teton County4,490 ft
  4. Pondera County4,040 ft
  5. Toole County3,520 ft
  6. Liberty County3,380 ft
  7. Chouteau County3,250 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Morningstar Mountain8,381 ft
  • Goat Mountain8,196 ft
  • Mount Richmond8,160 ft
  • Half Dome Crag8,099 ft
  • Bullshoe Mountain8,000 ft
All 10 towns in Pondera County by typical elevation
  1. Heart Butte4,440 ft
  2. Dupuyer4,130 ft
  3. Pondera Colony3,990 ft
  4. Birch Creek Colony3,960 ft
  5. New Miami Colony3,860 ft
  6. Kingsbury Colony3,840 ft
  7. Midway Colony3,840 ft
  8. Valier3,830 ft
  9. Brady3,530 ft
  10. Conrad3,520 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.