Burke County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burke County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,790 ft on the east side to 2,530 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,530 ft 770 m2,350 ft 715 m2,250 ft 685 m2,070 ft 630 m1,880 ft 575 m1,790 ft 545 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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Burke County averages about 2,110 ft (640 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,790 ft on the east side to 2,530 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
2,110 ft 640 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,530 ft 770 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the east side

Burke County spans about 740 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 land2,110 ft640 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,530 ft770 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,790 ft545 m

Elevation profile, south to north

31 mi south to north through Powers Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burke County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,790 ft on the east side to 2,530 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
2,154 2024 est.
Land area
1,103.6 sq mi + 25.4 sq mi water
Density
2.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 68%, Great Plains 32%
Drains to
Canada 58%, Gulf of America 25%, Thompson Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Williams County2,210 ft
  2. Mountrail County2,190 ft
  3. Divide County2,150 ft
  4. Burke County2,110 ft
  5. Ward County1,940 ft
  6. Renville County1,730 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Little Butte, Burke County2,480 ft
  • Grand View2,470 ft
  • Ward Hill2,390 ft
  • Mosquito Butte2,320 ft
All 35 towns in Burke County by typical elevation
  1. Leaf Mountain Township2,420 ft
  2. Thorson Township2,410 ft
  3. Cleary Township2,410 ft
  4. Harmonious Township2,400 ft
  5. Lucy Township2,380 ft
  6. Foothills Township2,380 ft
  7. Garness Township2,360 ft
  8. Dimond Township2,340 ft
  9. Vanville Township2,330 ft
  10. Kandiyohi Township2,310 ft
  11. Battleview Township2,280 ft
  12. Colville Township2,260 ft
  13. Powers Lake2,210 ft
  14. Roseland Township2,120 ft
  15. Clayton Township2,080 ft
  16. Keller Township2,030 ft
  17. Ward Township1,990 ft
  18. Lignite1,980 ft
  19. Bowbells Township1,970 ft
  20. Fay Township1,960 ft
  21. Bowbells1,960 ft
  22. Vale Township1,960 ft
  23. Portal1,960 ft
  24. Dale Township1,950 ft
  25. Soo Township1,940 ft
  26. Portal Township1,940 ft
  27. Flaxton1,930 ft
  28. Columbus1,930 ft
  29. Larson1,930 ft
  30. Richland Township1,920 ft
  31. Short Creek Township1,920 ft
  32. Minnesota Township1,920 ft
  33. Forthun Township1,910 ft
  34. North Star Township1,880 ft
  35. Lakeview Township1,860 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.
  • 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.