Dunn County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
3,290 ft 1,005 m2,930 ft 890 m2,740 ft 835 m2,380 ft 725 m2,020 ft 615 m1,840 ft 560 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Dunn County averages about 2,260 ft (690 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,840 ft on the north side to 3,290 ft on the west side.
Average elevation
2,260 ft 690 m
all land inside the county
Highest
3,290 ft 1,005 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,840 ft 560 m
on the north side
Dunn County spans about 1,450 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 2,260 ft690 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the west side | 3,290 ft1,005 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the north side | 1,840 ft560 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
48 mi south to north through Killdeer.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 4,031 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2,008.6 sq mi + 73.6 sq mi water
- Density
- 2.0 per sq mi
- Time zones
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6, Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Billings County2,570 ft
- Stark County2,490 ft
- Dunn County2,260 ft
- McKenzie County2,250 ft
- Mountrail County2,190 ft
- Mercer County2,020 ft
- McLean County1,970 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in North Dakota8th highest of 53
- Counties in the United States541st highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- North Killdeer Mountain3,178 ft
- Camels Butte2,760 ft
- Round Top, Dunn County2,690 ft
- Skunk Hill2,652 ft
- Haystack Butte, Dunn County2,520 ft
All 5 towns in Dunn County by typical elevation
- Killdeer2,290 ft
- Dunn Center2,190 ft
- Manning2,180 ft
- Halliday2,050 ft
- Dodge2,000 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.