Forest River, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 m880 ft 265 m870 ft 265 m860 ft 260 m860 ft 260 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Forest River sits at about 860 ft (265 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
860 ft 265 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
860 ft 260 m
on the north side
Highest
870 ft 265 m
on the south side
Average
860 ft 265 m
all land inside city limits
Forest River is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 860 ft265 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the south side | 870 ft265 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 860 ft260 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Forest River | 860 ft265 m |
| Average of all land | 860 ft265 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 111 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 222 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 48.2153° N, 97.4681° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Forest River → Red River → Canada
- ZIP codes 1
- 58233
⤓ Download this map
WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Strabane Township930 ft
- Ops Township900 ft
- Prairie Centre Township880 ft
- Johnstown Township870 ft
- Forest River860 ft
- Forest River Township840 ft
- Walsh Centre Township830 ft
- Levant Township830 ft
- Ardoch830 ft
- Minto820 ft
- Ardoch Township820 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Dakota1,662nd highest of 1,711
- Towns in Walsh County34th highest of 51
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).
- 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.