Adams County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adams County, North Dakota, shaded from 2,260 ft on the east side to 3,130 ft on the west side
Elevation
3,130 ft 955 m2,910 ft 885 m2,800 ft 855 m2,590 ft 790 m2,370 ft 720 m2,260 ft 690 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Adams County averages about 2,630 ft (800 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 2,260 ft on the east side to 3,130 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,630 ft 800 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,130 ft 955 m
on the west side
Lowest
2,260 ft 690 m
on the east side

Adams County spans about 870 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 land2,630 ft800 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
3,130 ft955 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
2,260 ft690 m

Elevation profile, west to east

48 mi west to east through Hettinger.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adams County, North Dakota, shaded from 2,260 ft on the east side to 3,130 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
2,141 2024 est.
Land area
987.5 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
2.2 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

  1. Harding County, SD3,060 ft
  2. Bowman County2,940 ft
  3. Slope County2,830 ft
  4. Adams County2,630 ft
  5. Perkins County, SD2,600 ft
  6. Hettinger County2,550 ft
  7. Grant County2,220 ft
  8. Corson County, SD2,100 ft
  9. Sioux County2,020 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Wolf Butte, Adams County3,040 ft
  • Cow Butte2,880 ft
  • Long Butte, Adams County2,800 ft
  • Pearl Butte, Adams County2,780 ft
  • Taylor Butte2,770 ft
All 21 towns in Adams County by typical elevation
  1. Bucyrus Township2,840 ft
  2. Reeder2,820 ft
  3. Wolf Butte Township2,800 ft
  4. Bucyrus2,780 ft
  5. Reeder Township2,770 ft
  6. Hettinger Township2,720 ft
  7. Hettinger2,720 ft
  8. Duck Creek Township2,690 ft
  9. Darling Springs Township2,690 ft
  10. Lightning Creek Township2,680 ft
  11. Scott Township2,680 ft
  12. Maine Township2,640 ft
  13. Cedar Township2,610 ft
  14. Clermont Township2,590 ft
  15. Taylor Butte Township2,580 ft
  16. Haynes2,550 ft
  17. Gilstrap Township2,520 ft
  18. Chandler Township2,510 ft
  19. Orange Township2,500 ft
  20. Beisigl Township2,430 ft
  21. South Fork Township2,380 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,260 ft at 46.0526° N, 101.9996° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.