Birtsell Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birtsell Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,530 ft on the northeast side to 1,600 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,600 ft 490 m1,580 ft 485 m1,570 ft 480 m1,560 ft 475 m1,540 ft 470 m1,530 ft 465 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Birtsell Township sits at about 1,550 ft (475 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,550 ft 475 m
most residents: 1,540–1,570 ft
Lowest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,600 ft 490 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,560 ft 475 m
all land inside township boundaries

Birtsell Township spans about 70 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
1,550 ft475 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,600 ft490 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,530 ft465 m
Airport (46D)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.4 mi south of the township boundaries
1,607 ft490 m
Average of all land1,560 ft475 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Birtsell Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birtsell Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,530 ft on the northeast side to 1,600 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Foster County, North Dakota, United States
Population
91 2024 est.
Land area
35.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
2.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.5516° N, 99.2025° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
James River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Carrington Municipal (46D) 1,607 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Bilodeau Township1,600 ft
  2. Wyard Township1,600 ft
  3. Woodward Township1,590 ft
  4. Carrington1,580 ft
  5. Fairville Township1,570 ft
  6. Carrington Township1,570 ft
  7. Birtsell Township1,550 ft
  8. Rosefield Township1,540 ft
  9. Superior Township1,530 ft
  10. Estabrook Township1,530 ft
  11. New Rockford1,530 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hawks Nest2,120 ft
  • Mount Morian2,010 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. All public domain.