Mountrail County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

2,560 ft 780 m2,380 ft 725 m2,280 ft 695 m2,100 ft 640 m1,920 ft 585 m1,830 ft 560 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: 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.
County area: Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mountrail County averages about 2,190 ft (670 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,830 ft on the southwest side to 2,560 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation

2,190 ft 670 m

all land inside the county

Highest

2,560 ft 780 m

on the northwest side

Lowest

1,830 ft 560 m

on the southwest side

Mountrail County spans about 730 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.

Figure	Elevation
Average of all land	2,190 ft670 m
Highest point Inside the county, on the northwest side	2,560 ft780 m
Lowest point Inside the county, on the southwest side	1,830 ft560 m

Elevation profile, south to north

53 mi south to north through New Town.

Topographic Map

Location: County in North Dakota, United States
Population: 9,474 2024 est.
Land area: 1,825.2 sq mi + 116.4 sq mi water
Density: 5.2 per sq mi
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Great Plains 92%
Drains to: Gulf of America 67%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 13%

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

Dunn County2,260 ft
McKenzie County2,250 ft
Williams County2,210 ft
Mountrail County2,190 ft
Burke County2,110 ft
McLean County1,970 ft
Ward County1,940 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Counties in North Dakota12th highest of 53
Counties in the United States558th highest of 3,151

Peaks and hills highest inside

Big Butte, Mountrail County2,460 ft

All 56 towns in Mountrail County by typical elevation

Manitou Township2,380 ft
Lostwood Township2,380 ft
Debing Township2,370 ft
Bicker Township2,360 ft
Cottonwood Township2,350 ft
Brookbank Township2,340 ft
Alger Township2,340 ft
Rat Lake Township2,330 ft
Powers Lake Township2,310 ft
Ross Township2,310 ft
Sikes Township2,300 ft
Powers Township2,300 ft
Myrtle Township2,300 ft
Stave Township2,300 ft
Crowfoot Township2,300 ft
Ross2,290 ft
Sidonia Township2,290 ft
Clearwater Township2,280 ft
Sorkness Township2,270 ft
Burke Township2,260 ft
James Hill Township2,260 ft
Austin Township2,260 ft
Purcell Township2,260 ft
Lowland Township2,240 ft
Stanley2,240 ft
Idaho Township2,240 ft
Redmond Township2,240 ft
White Earth Township2,240 ft
McGahan Township2,220 ft
Palermo2,210 ft
Egan Township2,200 ft
Palermo Township2,190 ft
Knife River Township2,150 ft
Fertile Township, Mountrail County2,140 ft
McAlmond Township2,140 ft
Wayzetta Township2,130 ft
Crane Creek Township2,130 ft
Kickapoo Township2,120 ft
Osloe Township2,120 ft
Mountrail Township2,120 ft
Banner Township2,110 ft
Oakland Township2,110 ft
Spring Coulee Township2,110 ft
Plaza2,100 ft
White Earth2,090 ft
Plaza Township2,080 ft
Shell Township2,080 ft
Model Township2,060 ft
Big Bend Township, Mountrail County2,030 ft
Parshall Township1,950 ft
Parshall1,950 ft
Howie Township1,940 ft
New Town1,940 ft
Van Hook Township1,920 ft
Liberty Township, Mountrail County1,910 ft
Osborn Township1,900 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 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; 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.