Rat Lake Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rat Lake Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,850 ft on the southwest side to 2,530 ft on the east side
Elevation
2,530 ft 770 m2,360 ft 720 m2,280 ft 695 m2,110 ft 640 m1,940 ft 590 m1,850 ft 565 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

Rat Lake Township sits at about 2,330 ft (710 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
2,330 ft 710 m
most residents: 2,240–2,370 ft
Lowest
1,850 ft 565 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,530 ft 770 m
on the east side
Average
2,310 ft 705 m
all land inside township boundaries

Rat Lake Township spans about 680 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
2,330 ft710 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
2,530 ft770 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,850 ft565 m
Average of all land2,310 ft705 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Rat Lake Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rat Lake Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,850 ft on the southwest side to 2,530 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States
Population
36 2024 est.
Land area
35.7 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.1471° N, 102.6267° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Manitou Township2,380 ft
  2. Debing Township2,370 ft
  3. Brookbank Township2,340 ft
  4. Alger Township2,340 ft
  5. Rat Lake Township2,330 ft
  6. Sikes Township2,300 ft
  7. Ross2,290 ft
  8. Knife River Township2,150 ft
  9. Crane Creek Township2,130 ft
  10. Riverview Township2,080 ft
  11. Four Bears Village1,940 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Table Butte, McKenzie County2,650 ft
  • Chimney Butte, McKenzie County2,630 ft
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).
  • 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.