Plain Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plain Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,590 ft on the northeast side to 1,870 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,870 ft 570 m1,800 ft 550 m1,770 ft 540 m1,700 ft 520 m1,630 ft 495 m1,590 ft 485 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Plain Township sits at about 1,810 ft (550 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,810 ft 550 m
few residents
Lowest
1,590 ft 485 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,870 ft 570 m
on the west side
Average
1,800 ft 550 m
all land inside township boundaries

Plain Township spans about 280 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
1,810 ft550 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,870 ft570 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,590 ft485 m
Average of all land1,800 ft550 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Plain Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plain Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,590 ft on the northeast side to 1,870 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Renville County, North Dakota, United States
Population
27 2024 est.
Land area
35.8 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
0.8 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.4808° N, 101.6362° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Souris River → Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Carpio Township1,970 ft
  2. White Ash Township1,870 ft
  3. Ivanhoe Township1,850 ft
  4. Mayland Township1,820 ft
  5. Plain Township1,810 ft
  6. Callahan Township1,780 ft
  7. St. Marys Township1,760 ft
  8. Foxholm Township1,710 ft
  9. Muskego Township1,700 ft
  10. Carpio1,700 ft
  11. Foxholm1,650 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Boundary Butte2,520 ft
  • Church Hill2,030 ft
  • Marble Point2,000 ft
  • Deltlot Hill1,960 ft
  • Murphy Hill1,960 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; 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 township boundaries (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); BTS time zones. All public domain.