Griggs County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Griggs County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,270 ft on the southeast side to 1,730 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,730 ft 525 m1,610 ft 490 m1,550 ft 475 m1,440 ft 440 m1,320 ft 405 m1,270 ft 385 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

Griggs County averages about 1,450 ft (440 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,270 ft on the southeast side to 1,730 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,450 ft 440 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,730 ft 525 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,270 ft 385 m
on the southeast side

Griggs County spans about 460 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 land1,450 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,730 ft525 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,270 ft385 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Cooperstown.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Griggs County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,270 ft on the southeast side to 1,730 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
2,227 2024 est.
Land area
708.7 sq mi + 7.9 sq mi water
Density
3.1 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Stutsman County1,670 ft
  2. Foster County1,540 ft
  3. Eddy County1,520 ft
  4. Nelson County1,500 ft
  5. Griggs County1,450 ft
  6. Barnes County1,390 ft
  7. Steele County1,270 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Butte Michaud1,608 ft
All 25 towns in Griggs County by typical elevation
  1. Rosendal Township1,570 ft
  2. Binford1,520 ft
  3. Bryan Township1,500 ft
  4. Addie Township1,480 ft
  5. Lenora Township1,470 ft
  6. Dover Township1,470 ft
  7. Willow Township1,470 ft
  8. Mabel Township1,470 ft
  9. Sutton1,470 ft
  10. Jessie1,460 ft
  11. Kingsley Township1,460 ft
  12. Tyrol Township1,460 ft
  13. Clearfield Township1,450 ft
  14. Cooperstown Township1,450 ft
  15. Pilot Mound Township1,440 ft
  16. Bartley Township1,440 ft
  17. Ball Hill Township1,440 ft
  18. Helena Township1,440 ft
  19. Cooperstown1,430 ft
  20. Greenfield Township1,420 ft
  21. Hannaford1,420 ft
  22. Washburn Township1,420 ft
  23. Romness Township1,420 ft
  24. Broadview Township1,400 ft
  25. Sverdrup Township1,400 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.