Sarles, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,610 ft 490 m1,600 ft 490 m1,600 ft 485 m1,590 ft 485 m1,580 ft 480 m1,580 ft 480 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
Sarles sits at about 1,590 ft (485 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).
Typical elevation (all land)
1,590 ft 485 m
few residents
Lowest
1,580 ft 480 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,600 ft 490 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside city limits
Sarles is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by | 1,590 ft485 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 1,600 ft490 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 1,580 ft480 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sarles | 1,580 ft485 m |
| Average of all land | 1,590 ft485 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Cavalier and Towner counties, North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 21 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.3 sq mi
- Density
- 80 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 48.9458° N, 98.9960° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Pembina River → Red River → Canada
- ZIP codes 1
- 58372
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Calvin1,620 ft
- Glenila Township1,620 ft
- Bruce Township1,610 ft
- Dash Township1,600 ft
- Lansing Township1,590 ft
- Sarles1,590 ft
- Grey Township1,580 ft
- Cypress Township1,570 ft
- Byron Township1,570 ft
- Smith Township1,540 ft
- Rock Lake Township1,540 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Dakota835th highest of 1,711
- Towns in Cavalier County22nd highest of 52
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. All public domain.