Dickey County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dickey County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southeast side to 2,250 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,250 ft 685 m2,010 ft 610 m1,890 ft 575 m1,650 ft 500 m1,410 ft 430 m1,290 ft 395 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
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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

Dickey County averages about 1,530 ft (470 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,290 ft on the southeast side to 2,250 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,530 ft 470 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,250 ft 685 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,290 ft 395 m
on the southeast side

Dickey County spans about 960 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 land1,530 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,250 ft685 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,290 ft395 m

Elevation profile, west to east

48 mi west to east through Oakes.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dickey County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southeast side to 2,250 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
4,930 2024 est.
Land area
1,131.5 sq mi + 10.7 sq mi water
Density
4.4 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Central Lowland 84%, Great Plains 16%
Drains to
Gulf of America 71%, Closed 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. McIntosh County2,050 ft
  2. McPherson County, SD1,820 ft
  3. LaMoure County1,540 ft
  4. Dickey County1,530 ft
  5. Brown County, SD1,340 ft
  6. Sargent County1,250 ft
  7. Ransom County1,200 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Cannon Hill, Dickey County1,460 ft
All 38 towns in Dickey County by typical elevation
  1. Albertha Township2,100 ft
  2. Spring Valley Township2,020 ft
  3. German Township1,990 ft
  4. Northwest Township, Dickey County1,990 ft
  5. Whitestone Township1,840 ft
  6. Young Township1,820 ft
  7. Grand Valley Township1,680 ft
  8. Lorraine Township1,620 ft
  9. Forbes1,560 ft
  10. Potsdam Township1,560 ft
  11. Hamburg Township, Dickey County1,540 ft
  12. Albion Township1,530 ft
  13. Elm Township1,510 ft
  14. Monango1,500 ft
  15. Valley Township, Dickey County1,490 ft
  16. Keystone Township1,490 ft
  17. Elden Township1,470 ft
  18. Porter Township1,460 ft
  19. Ellendale1,450 ft
  20. Ellendale Township1,450 ft
  21. Fullerton1,440 ft
  22. Van Meter Township1,430 ft
  23. Kentner Township1,420 ft
  24. Maple Township1,420 ft
  25. Wright Township1,420 ft
  26. Yorktown Township1,410 ft
  27. Kent Township1,400 ft
  28. Ada Township1,380 ft
  29. James River Valley Township1,370 ft
  30. Hudson Township1,370 ft
  31. Clement Township1,360 ft
  32. Divide Township1,350 ft
  33. Port Emma Township1,350 ft
  34. Oakes1,310 ft
  35. Bear Creek Township1,310 ft
  36. Riverdale Township1,310 ft
  37. Lovell Township1,310 ft
  38. Ludden1,300 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.
  • 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, 1,010 ft at 45.9440° N, 98.3551° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.