Ruso, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,120 ft 645 m2,100 ft 640 m2,090 ft 635 m2,070 ft 630 m2,060 ft 625 m2,050 ft 625 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft
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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Ruso sits at about 2,070 ft (630 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
2,070 ft 630 m
few residents
Lowest
2,050 ft 625 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,120 ft 645 m
on the northeast side
Average
2,070 ft 630 m
all land inside city limits
Ruso spans about 70 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 2,070 ft630 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 2,120 ft645 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 2,050 ft625 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Ruso | 2,090 ft635 m |
| Average of all land | 2,070 ft630 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in McLean County, North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 5 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.2 sq mi
- Density
- 20 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.8383° N, 100.9335° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Otis Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
- ZIP codes 1
- 58778
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Greely Township2,140 ft
- Benedict2,090 ft
- Andrews Township2,070 ft
- Ruso2,070 ft
- Otis Township2,050 ft
- Horseshoe Valley Township1,980 ft
- Bjornson Township1,930 ft
- Brillian Township1,800 ft
- Olivia Township1,720 ft
- Brown Township1,680 ft
- Voltaire Township1,610 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Dakota337th highest of 1,711
- Towns in McLean County8th highest of 40
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Dogden Butte2,299 ft
- Little Butte, McHenry County1,742 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
- 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.