Porcupine, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Porcupine, North Dakota, shaded from 1,780 ft on the north side to 1,820 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,820 ft 555 m1,810 ft 550 m1,800 ft 550 m1,800 ft 545 m1,790 ft 545 m1,780 ft 545 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Porcupine sits at about 1,800 ft (550 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
1,800 ft 550 m
few residents
Lowest
1,780 ft 545 m
on the north side
Highest
1,820 ft 555 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,800 ft 550 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Porcupine spans about 40 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
1,800 ft550 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
1,820 ft555 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side
1,780 ft545 m
Average of all land1,800 ft550 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.5 mi south to north through the middle of Porcupine.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Porcupine, North Dakota, shaded from 1,780 ft on the north side to 1,820 ft on the southeast side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Sioux County, North Dakota, United States
Population
197 2020 Census
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
975 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.2220° N, 101.1004° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Cannonball River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
58568
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. McIntosh, SD2,300 ft
  2. Raleigh Township2,270 ft
  3. Selfridge2,190 ft
  4. Winona Township2,190 ft
  5. Lark Township2,180 ft
  6. Raleigh2,040 ft
  7. Flasher1,930 ft
  8. Freda Township1,880 ft
  9. Porcupine1,800 ft
  10. Solen1,670 ft
  11. Fort Yates1,630 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Long Butte, Morton County2,230 ft
  • Piuss Butte2,180 ft
  • Van Duesen Hill2,100 ft
  • War Dance Hill2,030 ft
  • Half Timber Butte2,010 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Porcupine is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.