Rolla, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rolla, North Dakota, shaded from 1,790 ft on the southeast side to 1,840 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,840 ft 560 m1,830 ft 560 m1,820 ft 555 m1,810 ft 550 m1,800 ft 550 m1,790 ft 545 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rolla sits at about 1,810 ft (550 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,810 ft 550 m
most residents: 1,810–1,830 ft
Lowest
1,790 ft 545 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,840 ft 560 m
on the west side
Average
1,810 ft 550 m
all land inside city limits

Rolla spans about 50 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
1,810 ft550 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,840 ft560 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,790 ft545 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rolla
1,810 ft555 m
Airport (06D)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.9 mi north of the city limits
1,823 ft556 m
Average of all land1,810 ft550 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rolla, North Dakota, shaded from 1,790 ft on the southeast side to 1,840 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States
Population
1,157 2024 est.
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
792 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.8578° N, 99.6179° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Stump Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
Airport
Rolla Muni/leonard Krech Field (06D) 1,823 ft
ZIP codes 1
58367
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Belcourt1,970 ft
  2. St. John1,950 ft
  3. Green Acres1,920 ft
  4. Shell Valley1,870 ft
  5. Rolla1,810 ft
  6. Shell Valley Township1,770 ft
  7. Monroe Township1,730 ft
  8. Mount View Township1,730 ft
  9. Perth1,730 ft
  10. Picton Township1,680 ft
  11. Hansboro1,590 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Boundary Butte2,520 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.