Dahlen, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,440 ft 440 m1,430 ft 435 m1,420 ft 435 m1,410 ft 430 m1,400 ft 430 m1,400 ft 425 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Area: Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Dahlen sits at about 1,420 ft (430 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,420 ft 430 m

few residents

Lowest

1,400 ft 425 m

on the northeast side

Highest

1,440 ft 440 m

on the west side

Average

1,420 ft 430 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Dahlen spans about 40 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 (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,420 ft430 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the west side	1,440 ft440 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northeast side	1,400 ft425 m
Town center USGS map point for Dahlen	1,410 ft430 m
Average of all land	1,420 ft430 m

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States
Population: 17 2020 Census
Land area: 0.1 sq mi
Density: 121 per sq mi
Coordinates: 48.1581° N, 97.9295° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Forest River → Red River → Canada
ZIP codes 1: 58224

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Perth Township1,530 ft
Sarnia Township1,530 ft
Nash Township1,510 ft
Dahlen Township1,430 ft
Dahlen1,420 ft
Cleveland Township1,410 ft
Plymouth Township1,360 ft
Elkmount Township1,210 ft
Medford Township1,170 ft
Fordville1,140 ft
Inkster Township1,120 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in North Dakota1,293rd highest of 1,711
Towns in Nelson Countylowest of 35

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (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.
Dahlen is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.