Afton Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Afton Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,630 ft on the east side to 1,960 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,960 ft 600 m1,880 ft 575 m1,840 ft 560 m1,750 ft 535 m1,670 ft 510 m1,630 ft 495 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Afton Township sits at about 1,750 ft (535 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,750 ft 535 m
most residents: 1,730–1,840 ft
Lowest
1,630 ft 495 m
on the east side
Highest
1,960 ft 600 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,820 ft 555 m
all land inside township boundaries

Afton Township spans about 330 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,750 ft535 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,960 ft600 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,630 ft495 m
Airport (MOT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.2 mi northeast of the township boundaries
1,716 ft523 m
Average of all land1,820 ft555 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Afton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Afton Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,630 ft on the east side to 1,960 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Ward County, North Dakota, United States
Population
831 2024 est.
Land area
35.1 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
24 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.1790° N, 101.3285° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Souris River → Canada
Airport
Minot International (MOT) 1,716 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Burt Township1,950 ft
  2. Freedom Township1,940 ft
  3. Afton Township1,750 ft
  4. Minot1,720 ft
  5. Burlington Township1,690 ft
  6. Sundre Township1,670 ft
  7. Eureka Township1,670 ft
  8. Harrison Township1,660 ft
  9. Nedrose Township1,620 ft
  10. Burlington1,590 ft
  11. Logan1,550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Twin Buttes, Ward County2,160 ft
  • Skinner Hill1,730 ft
  • Black Butte, Ward County1,710 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.