Ransom County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ransom County, North Dakota, shaded from 970 ft on the east side to 1,480 ft on Standing Rock Hill
Elevation
1,480 ft 450 m1,360 ft 415 m1,290 ft 395 m1,160 ft 355 m1,040 ft 315 m970 ft 295 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Ransom County averages about 1,200 ft (365 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 970 ft on the east side to 1,480 ft on Standing Rock Hill.

Average elevation
1,200 ft 365 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,480 ft 450 m
on Standing Rock Hill
Lowest
970 ft 295 m
on the east side

Ransom County spans about 510 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 land1,200 ft365 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Standing Rock Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,480 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
970 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Lisbon.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ransom County, North Dakota, shaded from 970 ft on the east side to 1,480 ft on Standing Rock Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
5,590 2024 est.
Land area
862.5 sq mi + 1.4 sq mi water
Density
6.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. LaMoure County1,540 ft
  2. Dickey County1,530 ft
  3. Barnes County1,390 ft
  4. Sargent County1,250 ft
  5. Ransom County1,200 ft
  6. Richland County1,030 ft
  7. Cass County1,010 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Standing Rock Hill1,480 ft
  • Bears Den Hillock1,480 ft
  • The Pyramid1,400 ft
  • Sorby Hill1,370 ft
  • Oestreicher Hill1,300 ft
All 31 towns in Ransom County by typical elevation
  1. Northland Township1,390 ft
  2. Isley Township1,340 ft
  3. Hanson Township1,340 ft
  4. Englevale1,340 ft
  5. Fort Ransom Township1,340 ft
  6. Alleghany Township1,340 ft
  7. Elliott Township1,330 ft
  8. Elliott1,330 ft
  9. Preston Township1,320 ft
  10. Springer Township1,270 ft
  11. Bale Township1,250 ft
  12. Moore Township1,230 ft
  13. Tuller Township1,200 ft
  14. Island Park Township1,190 ft
  15. Aliceton Township1,180 ft
  16. Big Bend Township1,160 ft
  17. Casey Township1,140 ft
  18. Fort Ransom1,130 ft
  19. Liberty Township1,130 ft
  20. Sydna Township1,100 ft
  21. Lisbon1,090 ft
  22. Enderlin1,090 ft
  23. Sheldon1,080 ft
  24. McLeod1,080 ft
  25. Sandoun Township1,070 ft
  26. Scoville Township1,070 ft
  27. Greene Township1,070 ft
  28. Rosemeade Township1,070 ft
  29. Shenford Township1,070 ft
  30. Coburn Township1,060 ft
  31. Owego Township1,060 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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, 970 ft at 46.5385° N, 97.2904° 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.