Kief, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kief, North Dakota, shaded from 1,630 ft on the north side to 1,680 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,680 ft 510 m1,670 ft 510 m1,660 ft 505 m1,650 ft 500 m1,640 ft 500 m1,630 ft 495 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kief sits at about 1,660 ft (505 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,660 ft 505 m
few residents
Lowest
1,630 ft 495 m
on the north side
Highest
1,680 ft 510 m
near the middle
Average
1,660 ft 505 m
all land inside city limits

Kief spans about 50 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
1,660 ft505 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, near the middle
1,680 ft510 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,630 ft495 m
Town center
USGS map point for Kief
1,670 ft510 m
Average of all land1,660 ft505 m

Elevation profile, south to north

1.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kief, North Dakota, shaded from 1,630 ft on the north side to 1,680 ft near the middle
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in McHenry County, North Dakota, United States
Population
8 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
6.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.8575° N, 100.5115° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wintering River → Souris River → Canada
ZIP codes 2
58712 58723
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dogden Township1,840 ft
  2. Butte1,740 ft
  3. Strassburg Township1,680 ft
  4. Drake1,680 ft
  5. Rosenfield Township1,670 ft
  6. Kief1,660 ft
  7. Land Township1,630 ft
  8. Spring Grove Township1,620 ft
  9. Cottonwood Lake Township1,620 ft
  10. Balfour1,610 ft
  11. Balfour Township1,580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dogden Butte2,299 ft
  • Little Butte, McHenry County1,742 ft
  • Montgomery Hill1,630 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.