Ramsey County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ramsey County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,430 ft on the southwest side to 1,640 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,640 ft 500 m1,590 ft 485 m1,560 ft 475 m1,510 ft 460 m1,450 ft 445 m1,430 ft 435 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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County area
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Elevation Data

Ramsey County averages about 1,500 ft (455 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,430 ft on the southwest side to 1,640 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,500 ft 455 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,640 ft 500 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the southwest side

Ramsey County spans about 210 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 land1,500 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,640 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,430 ft435 m

Elevation profile, south to north

35 mi south to north through Devils Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ramsey County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,430 ft on the southwest side to 1,640 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
11,510 2024 est.
Land area
1,185.4 sq mi + 115.6 sq mi water
Density
9.7 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Stump Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 75%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Towner County1,560 ft
  2. Benson County1,560 ft
  3. Cavalier County1,560 ft
  4. Nelson County1,500 ft
  5. Ramsey County1,500 ft
  6. Walsh County1,120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Devils Lake Mountain1,640 ft
All 44 towns in Ramsey County by typical elevation
  1. Highland Center Township1,570 ft
  2. Hampden1,560 ft
  3. Northfield Township1,540 ft
  4. Prospect Township1,540 ft
  5. Newland Township1,530 ft
  6. Lawton Township1,530 ft
  7. Royal Township1,520 ft
  8. Edmore1,520 ft
  9. Lawton1,520 ft
  10. Lillehoff Township1,520 ft
  11. Fancher Township1,510 ft
  12. Newbre Township1,510 ft
  13. Brocket1,510 ft
  14. Bartlett Township1,510 ft
  15. Overland Township1,510 ft
  16. Klingstrup Township1,510 ft
  17. Triumph Township1,510 ft
  18. Hope Township, Ramsey County1,510 ft
  19. Ontario Township1,500 ft
  20. Starkweather1,500 ft
  21. Cato Township1,500 ft
  22. Sullivan Township1,490 ft
  23. Noonan Township1,490 ft
  24. Stevens Township1,490 ft
  25. Odessa Township1,490 ft
  26. Crary1,480 ft
  27. Harding Township1,480 ft
  28. Minnewaukan Township1,480 ft
  29. Morris Township1,470 ft
  30. Hammer Township1,470 ft
  31. Webster Township1,470 ft
  32. North Creel Township1,470 ft
  33. Poplar Grove Township1,470 ft
  34. Freshwater Township1,470 ft
  35. South Minnewaukan Township1,470 ft
  36. Grand Harbor Township1,460 ft
  37. Coulee Township1,460 ft
  38. Devils Lake1,460 ft
  39. Dry Lake Township1,460 ft
  40. Churchs Ferry1,450 ft
  41. De Groat Township1,450 ft
  42. Pelican Township1,450 ft
  43. Creel Township1,450 ft
  44. Chain Lakes Township1,450 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.
  • 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, 1,430 ft at 48.0993° N, 98.8982° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.