Kidder County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kidder County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,720 ft on the southwest side to 2,310 ft on the north side
Elevation
2,310 ft 705 m2,160 ft 660 m2,090 ft 635 m1,940 ft 590 m1,790 ft 545 m1,720 ft 525 m
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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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County area
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Elevation Data

Kidder County averages about 1,860 ft (565 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,720 ft on the southwest side to 2,310 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,860 ft 565 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,310 ft 705 m
on the north side
Lowest
1,720 ft 525 m
on the southwest side

Kidder County spans about 590 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 land1,860 ft565 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
2,310 ft705 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,720 ft525 m

Elevation profile, south to north

48 mi south to north through Steele.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kidder County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,720 ft on the southwest side to 2,310 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
2,371 2024 est.
Land area
1,351.1 sq mi + 81.8 sq mi water
Density
1.8 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Gulf of America 38%, Horsehead Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 21%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Logan County2,000 ft
  2. Burleigh County1,890 ft
  3. Emmons County1,890 ft
  4. Sheridan County1,860 ft
  5. Kidder County1,860 ft
  6. Wells County1,690 ft
  7. Stutsman County1,670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Wagon Wheel Hill2,190 ft
  • McPhail Butte1,930 ft
All 42 towns in Kidder County by typical elevation
  1. Stewart Township, Kidder County2,020 ft
  2. Northwest Township2,010 ft
  3. Bunker Township2,000 ft
  4. Peace Township1,980 ft
  5. Tanner Township1,960 ft
  6. Wallace Township1,910 ft
  7. Graf Township1,900 ft
  8. Petersville Township1,900 ft
  9. Rexine Township1,890 ft
  10. Valley Township, Kidder County1,880 ft
  11. Excelsior Township1,880 ft
  12. Atwood Township1,880 ft
  13. Chestina Township1,880 ft
  14. Merkel Township1,860 ft
  15. Crystal Springs Township1,860 ft
  16. Steele1,860 ft
  17. Tuttle1,860 ft
  18. Woodlawn Township1,860 ft
  19. Pettibone1,850 ft
  20. Tuttle Township1,850 ft
  21. Pleasant Hill Township1,840 ft
  22. Frettim Township1,840 ft
  23. Allen Township1,830 ft
  24. Haynes Township1,830 ft
  25. Weiser Township1,810 ft
  26. Pettibone Township1,810 ft
  27. Manning Township1,810 ft
  28. Williams Township, Kidder County1,810 ft
  29. Tappen Township1,810 ft
  30. Baker Township1,800 ft
  31. Clear Lake Township, Kidder County1,800 ft
  32. Crown Hill Township1,790 ft
  33. Lake Williams Township, Kidder County1,780 ft
  34. Westford Township1,780 ft
  35. Robinson1,780 ft
  36. Tappen1,770 ft
  37. Buckeye Township1,770 ft
  38. Robinson Township1,760 ft
  39. Dawson1,750 ft
  40. Quinby Township1,750 ft
  41. Vernon Township, Kidder County1,750 ft
  42. Sibley Township1,740 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.