Bowman, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,030 ft 920 m3,000 ft 915 m2,990 ft 910 m2,970 ft 905 m2,950 ft 900 m2,940 ft 895 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Bowman sits at about 2,960 ft (900 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,960 ft 900 m
most residents: 2,950–2,970 ft
Lowest
2,940 ft 895 m
on the southwest side
Highest
3,030 ft 920 m
on the west side
Average
2,960 ft 905 m
all land inside city limits
Bowman spans about 90 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,960 ft900 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 3,030 ft920 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 2,940 ft895 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Bowman | 2,970 ft905 m |
| Airport (BWW) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.0 mi east of the city limits | 2,965 ft904 m |
| Average of all land | 2,960 ft905 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.0 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Bowman County, North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 1,416 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 760 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.1831° N, 103.3949° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Spring Creek → North Fork Grand River → Grand River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Bowman Regional (BWW) 2,965 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 58623
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Marion Township3,090 ft
- Star Township2,990 ft
- Bowman Township2,970 ft
- Grainbelt Township2,960 ft
- Bowman2,960 ft
- Talbot Township2,960 ft
- Sheets Township2,950 ft
- Gem Township2,910 ft
- Cash Township2,890 ft
- Boyesen Township2,860 ft
- Scranton Township2,820 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Dakota16th highest of 1,711
- Towns in Bowman County13th highest of 28
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Rattlesnake Butte, Slope County3,370 ft
- Post Office Butte3,360 ft
- Twin Buttes, Bowman County3,305 ft
- Talbot Butte3,260 ft
- Moga Butte2,940 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.