Burleigh County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burleigh County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the south side to 2,260 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,260 ft 690 m2,100 ft 640 m2,020 ft 615 m1,850 ft 565 m1,690 ft 515 m1,610 ft 490 m
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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.
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Elevation Data

Burleigh County averages about 1,890 ft (575 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,610 ft on the south side to 2,260 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,890 ft 575 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,260 ft 690 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,610 ft 490 m
on the south side

Burleigh County spans about 650 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 land1,890 ft575 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
2,260 ft690 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,610 ft490 m

Elevation profile, south to north

32 mi south to north through Bismarck.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burleigh County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,610 ft on the south side to 2,260 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
103,107 2024 est.
Land area
1,632.7 sq mi + 35.8 sq mi water
Density
63 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America 83%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Oliver County2,050 ft
  2. Morton County2,030 ft
  3. McLean County1,970 ft
  4. Burleigh County1,890 ft
  5. Emmons County1,890 ft
  6. Sheridan County1,860 ft
  7. Kidder County1,860 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Haystack Butte, Burleigh County2,200 ft
  • Twin Buttes, Burleigh County2,160 ft
  • Keever Butte2,160 ft
  • Solberg Butte2,142 ft
  • Sibley Butte2,130 ft
All 46 towns in Burleigh County by typical elevation
  1. Wilton partly2,180 ft
  2. Ecklund Township2,110 ft
  3. Ghylin Township2,060 ft
  4. Regan2,040 ft
  5. Rock Hill Township2,040 ft
  6. Canfield Township2,020 ft
  7. Grass Lake Township2,010 ft
  8. Naughton Township2,010 ft
  9. Crofte Township2,010 ft
  10. Hazel Grove Township2,000 ft
  11. Wing Township1,990 ft
  12. Estherville Township1,990 ft
  13. Richmond Township1,980 ft
  14. Trygg Township1,980 ft
  15. Harriet-Lein Township1,980 ft
  16. Glenview Township1,980 ft
  17. Cromwell Township1,970 ft
  18. Schrunk-Steiber Township1,910 ft
  19. Wilson Township1,900 ft
  20. Wing1,900 ft
  21. Morton Township1,890 ft
  22. Christiania Township1,880 ft
  23. Clear Lake Township1,880 ft
  24. Driscoll1,870 ft
  25. Driscoll Township1,870 ft
  26. Sterling Township1,860 ft
  27. Thelma Township1,850 ft
  28. Gibbs Township1,850 ft
  29. Sibley Butte Township1,840 ft
  30. Hay Creek Township1,840 ft
  31. Painted Woods Township1,830 ft
  32. Francis Township1,820 ft
  33. Wild Rose Township1,790 ft
  34. Missouri Township1,780 ft
  35. Bismarck1,770 ft
  36. Taft Township1,770 ft
  37. Boyd Township1,770 ft
  38. Long Lake Township1,760 ft
  39. McKenzie Township1,760 ft
  40. Telfer Township1,730 ft
  41. Logan Township1,730 ft
  42. Menoken Township1,720 ft
  43. Menoken1,720 ft
  44. Apple Creek Township1,720 ft
  45. Lincoln1,700 ft
  46. Apple Valley1,670 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. 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.
  • 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.