Purcell Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Purcell Township, North Dakota, shaded from 2,130 ft on the southwest side to 2,330 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,330 ft 710 m2,280 ft 695 m2,260 ft 690 m2,210 ft 675 m2,160 ft 660 m2,130 ft 650 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

Purcell Township sits at about 2,260 ft (685 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,260 ft 685 m
most residents: 2,220–2,280 ft
Lowest
2,130 ft 650 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,330 ft 710 m
on the southeast side
Average
2,240 ft 685 m
all land inside township boundaries

Purcell Township spans about 200 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
2,260 ft685 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
2,330 ft710 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
2,130 ft650 m
Airport (08D)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi northwest of the township boundaries
2,250 ft686 m
Average of all land2,240 ft685 m

Elevation profile, west to east

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Purcell Township, North Dakota, shaded from 2,130 ft on the southwest side to 2,330 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States
Population
91 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.2336° N, 102.3518° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Little Knife River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Stanley Municipal (08D) 2,250 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Brookbank Township2,340 ft
  2. Alger Township2,340 ft
  3. Ross Township2,310 ft
  4. Sikes Township2,300 ft
  5. Burke Township2,260 ft
  6. Austin Township2,260 ft
  7. Purcell Township2,260 ft
  8. Stanley2,240 ft
  9. Idaho Township2,240 ft
  10. Palermo2,210 ft
  11. Palermo Township2,190 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 2,130 ft at 48.2068° N, 102.4085° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.