Pierce County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pierce County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,460 ft on the northwest side to 1,840 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,840 ft 560 m1,750 ft 535 m1,700 ft 520 m1,610 ft 490 m1,510 ft 460 m1,460 ft 445 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pierce County averages about 1,570 ft (480 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,460 ft on the northwest side to 1,840 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,570 ft 480 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,840 ft 560 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the northwest side

Pierce County spans about 380 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 land1,570 ft480 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,840 ft560 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,460 ft445 m

Elevation profile, south to north

48 mi south to north through Rugby.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pierce County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,460 ft on the northwest side to 1,840 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
3,853 2024 est.
Land area
1,018.3 sq mi + 64.2 sq mi water
Density
3.8 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada 63%, Antelope Lakes basin (does not reach the sea) 17%, Goose Lake 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

  1. Sheridan County1,860 ft
  2. Rolette County1,790 ft
  3. Wells County1,690 ft
  4. Bottineau County1,580 ft
  5. Pierce County1,570 ft
  6. Towner County1,560 ft
  7. Benson County1,560 ft
  8. McHenry County1,540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 21 towns in Pierce County by typical elevation
  1. Rush Lake Township1,620 ft
  2. Wolford1,620 ft
  3. Truman Township1,620 ft
  4. White Township1,610 ft
  5. Selz1,600 ft
  6. Hagel Township1,600 ft
  7. Alexanter Township1,600 ft
  8. Reno Valley Township1,580 ft
  9. Antelope Lake Township1,580 ft
  10. Elverum Township1,570 ft
  11. Torgerson Township1,570 ft
  12. Tuscarora Township1,570 ft
  13. Meyer Township1,560 ft
  14. Orrin1,560 ft
  15. Elling Township1,560 ft
  16. Balta Township1,560 ft
  17. Balta1,550 ft
  18. Jefferson Township1,550 ft
  19. Rugby1,540 ft
  20. Ness Township1,530 ft
  21. Barton1,510 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.