Richland County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,290 ft 395 m1,190 ft 365 m1,140 ft 350 m1,040 ft 315 m940 ft 285 m890 ft 270 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Richland County averages about 1,030 ft (315 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 890 ft on the north side to 1,290 ft on the south side.
Average elevation
1,030 ft 315 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,290 ft 395 m
on the south side
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the north side
Richland County spans about 400 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,030 ft315 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the south side | 1,290 ft395 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the north side | 890 ft270 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
32 mi west to east through Wahpeton.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 16,658 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,435.7 sq mi + 9.7 sq mi water
- Density
- 12 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Roberts County, SD1,330 ft
- Sargent County1,250 ft
- Ransom County1,200 ft
- Traverse County, MN1,050 ft
- Richland County1,030 ft
- Clay County, MN1,030 ft
- Cass County1,010 ft
- Wilkin County, MN990 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in North Dakota49th highest of 53
- Counties in the United States1,352nd highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Devils Nest1,140 ft
All 50 towns in Richland County by typical elevation
- Duerr Township1,200 ft
- Elma Township1,140 ft
- Moran Township1,130 ft
- Grant Township1,120 ft
- Lidgerwood1,110 ft
- Brightwood Township1,090 ft
- Dexter Township1,090 ft
- Greendale Township1,080 ft
- Liberty Grove Township1,080 ft
- Freeman Township1,070 ft
- West End Township1,070 ft
- Hankinson1,070 ft
- Wyndmere Township1,060 ft
- Sheyenne Township1,060 ft
- Homestead Township1,060 ft
- Wyndmere1,060 ft
- Helendale Township1,050 ft
- Garborg Township1,050 ft
- Danton Township1,050 ft
- Viking Township, Richland County1,050 ft
- Waldo Township1,040 ft
- Barney1,030 ft
- LaMars Township1,030 ft
- Mantador1,030 ft
- Barrie Township1,020 ft
- Antelope Township1,020 ft
- Nansen Township1,020 ft
- Belford Township1,010 ft
- Barney Township1,000 ft
- Devillo Township990 ft
- Fairmount980 ft
- Fairmount Township980 ft
- Brandenburg Township980 ft
- Great Bend970 ft
- Summit Township970 ft
- Mooreton970 ft
- Ibsen Township970 ft
- Wahpeton970 ft
- Mooreton Township970 ft
- Center Township960 ft
- Dwight Township960 ft
- Colfax960 ft
- Walcott950 ft
- Colfax Township950 ft
- Dwight950 ft
- Abercrombie Township950 ft
- Walcott Township940 ft
- Abercrombie940 ft
- Eagle Township930 ft
- Christine930 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.
- 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.