Petersburg, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,550 ft 470 m1,540 ft 470 m1,540 ft 470 m1,530 ft 465 m1,520 ft 465 m1,520 ft 460 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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.
City area: Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Petersburg sits at about 1,530 ft (465 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,530 ft 465 m

most residents: 1,520–1,540 ft

Lowest

1,520 ft 460 m

on the northeast side

Highest

1,540 ft 470 m

near the middle

Average

1,520 ft 465 m

all land inside city limits

Petersburg is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,530 ft465 m
Highest point Inside city limits, near the middle	1,540 ft470 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side	1,520 ft460 m
Town center USGS map point for Petersburg	1,540 ft470 m
Average of all land	1,520 ft465 m

Topographic Map

Location: City in Nelson County, North Dakota, United States
Population: 159 2024 est.
Land area: 1.0 sq mi
Density: 155 per sq mi
Coordinates: 48.0111° N, 98.0015° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: North Branch Turtle River → Turtle River → Red River → Canada
ZIP codes 1: 58272

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Petersburg1,530 ft
Michigan Township, Nelson County1,520 ft
Michigan City1,520 ft
Petersburg Township1,520 ft
Nash Township1,510 ft
Melvin Township1,510 ft
Adler Township1,500 ft
Niagara1,440 ft
Dahlen Township1,430 ft
Plymouth Township1,360 ft
Niagara Township1,360 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in North Dakota975th highest of 1,711
Towns in Nelson Countyhighest of 35

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
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. All public domain.