Devils Lake, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Devils Lake, North Dakota, shaded from 1,430 ft near the middle to 1,490 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,490 ft 455 m1,470 ft 450 m1,470 ft 445 m1,450 ft 440 m1,440 ft 440 m1,430 ft 435 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
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

Devils Lake sits at about 1,460 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,460 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,450–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,430 ft 435 m
near the middle
Highest
1,490 ft 455 m
on the north side
Average
1,450 ft 440 m
all land inside city limits

Devils Lake spans about 60 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
1,460 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,490 ft455 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,430 ft435 m
Town center
USGS map point for Devils Lake
1,430 ft435 m
Airport (DVL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,469 ft448 m
Average of all land1,450 ft440 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.7 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Devils Lake, North Dakota, shaded from 1,430 ft near the middle to 1,490 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States
Population
7,314 2024 est.
Land area
7.0 sq mi
Density
1,051 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.1122° N, 98.8760° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Stump Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Devils Lake Regional (DVL) 1,469 ft
ZIP codes 1
58301
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fort Totten1,490 ft
  2. Mission Township1,490 ft
  3. Minnewaukan Township1,480 ft
  4. Morris Township1,470 ft
  5. North Creel Township1,470 ft
  6. Poplar Grove Township1,470 ft
  7. Freshwater Township1,470 ft
  8. South Minnewaukan Township1,470 ft
  9. Grand Harbor Township1,460 ft
  10. Devils Lake1,460 ft
  11. Creel Township1,450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sullys Hill1,770 ft
  • Devils Heart Butte1,720 ft
  • Crow Hill1,700 ft
  • Sams Hill1,500 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,430 ft at 48.0993° N, 98.8982° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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. All public domain.