Foster County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Foster County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,440 ft on the southeast side to 1,960 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,960 ft 600 m1,830 ft 560 m1,770 ft 540 m1,630 ft 500 m1,500 ft 460 m1,440 ft 440 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Foster County averages about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,440 ft on the southeast side to 1,960 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,960 ft 600 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the southeast side

Foster County spans about 520 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 land1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,960 ft600 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,440 ft440 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Carrington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Foster County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,440 ft on the southeast side to 1,960 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
3,323 2024 est.
Land area
634.1 sq mi + 12.8 sq mi water
Density
5.2 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 58%, Canada 42%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Wells County1,690 ft
  2. Stutsman County1,670 ft
  3. Foster County1,540 ft
  4. Eddy County1,520 ft
  5. Griggs County1,450 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 22 towns in Foster County by typical elevation
  1. Wyard Township1,600 ft
  2. Melville Township1,590 ft
  3. Longview Township1,590 ft
  4. Carrington1,580 ft
  5. Carrington Township1,570 ft
  6. Birtsell Township1,550 ft
  7. Bordulac Township1,540 ft
  8. Estabrook Township1,530 ft
  9. Rose Hill Township1,530 ft
  10. Nordmore Township1,530 ft
  11. Bucephalia Township1,530 ft
  12. McKinnon Township1,520 ft
  13. Haven Township1,520 ft
  14. Grace City1,510 ft
  15. Rolling Prairie Township1,510 ft
  16. McHenry Township1,510 ft
  17. McHenry1,510 ft
  18. Larrabee Township1,510 ft
  19. Eastman Township1,500 ft
  20. Glenfield1,500 ft
  21. Glenfield Township1,490 ft
  22. Florance Township1,490 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.
  • 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.