Benson County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,870 ft 570 m1,760 ft 535 m1,700 ft 520 m1,580 ft 480 m1,460 ft 445 m1,400 ft 430 m

Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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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

Benson County averages about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,400 ft on the southeast side to 1,870 ft on The Buttes.

Average elevation

1,560 ft 475 m

all land inside the county

Highest

1,870 ft 570 m

on The Buttes

Lowest

1,400 ft 430 m

on the southeast side

Benson County spans about 470 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	1,560 ft475 m
Highest point Inside the county, on The Buttes (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)	1,870 ft570 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southeast side	1,400 ft430 m

Elevation profile, west to east

53 mi west to east through Fort Totten.

Topographic Map

Location: County in North Dakota, United States
Population: 5,756 2024 est.
Land area: 1,388.6 sq mi + 50.8 sq mi water
Density: 4.1 per sq mi
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Canada 54%, Stump Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 33%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Wells County1,690 ft
Pierce County1,570 ft
Towner County1,560 ft
Benson County1,560 ft
Eddy County1,520 ft
Nelson County1,500 ft
Ramsey County1,500 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in North Dakota34th highest of 53
Counties in the United States806th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

The Buttes1,870 ft
Sullys Hill1,770 ft
Devils Heart Butte1,720 ft
Broken Bone Hill1,710 ft
Crow Hill1,700 ft

All 47 towns in Benson County by typical elevation

Butte Valley Township1,650 ft
Isabel Township1,630 ft
Broe Township1,630 ft
Esmond1,630 ft
Albert Township1,620 ft
Twin Lake Township1,620 ft
Eldon Township1,620 ft
Iowa Township1,610 ft
Esmond Township1,610 ft
York1,610 ft
Rich Valley Township1,610 ft
East Fork Township, Benson County1,610 ft
Knox Township1,610 ft
Hesper Township1,600 ft
Knox1,600 ft
Beaver Township1,600 ft
Impark Township1,600 ft
Pleasant Lake Township1,590 ft
McClellan Township1,590 ft
North Viking Township1,590 ft
Maddock1,580 ft
York Township1,580 ft
Twin Tree Township1,580 ft
Aurora Township1,570 ft
Brinsmade1,560 ft
Oberon1,560 ft
South Viking Township1,550 ft
Oberon Township1,540 ft
Lallie Township1,540 ft
Arne Township1,540 ft
Lake Ibsen Township1,540 ft
West Antelope Township1,540 ft
Leeds Township1,530 ft
Wood Lake Township1,520 ft
Rock Township1,520 ft
Leeds1,510 ft
West Bay Township1,510 ft
Fort Totten1,490 ft
Mission Township1,490 ft
Irvine Township1,480 ft
Normania Township1,480 ft
Warwick Township1,480 ft
Minco Township1,480 ft
Warwick1,470 ft
Riggin Township1,470 ft
Minnewaukan1,460 ft
Lohnes Township1,440 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.
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, 1,400 ft at 47.8479° N, 98.9562° 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.