Sawyer, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,670 ft 510 m1,630 ft 495 m1,610 ft 490 m1,570 ft 480 m1,530 ft 465 m1,510 ft 460 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
Sawyer sits at about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,520–1,600 ft
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the north side
Highest
1,670 ft 510 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,550 ft 470 m
all land inside city limits
Sawyer spans about 160 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 Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,540 ft470 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 1,670 ft510 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 1,510 ft460 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sawyer | 1,530 ft470 m |
| Average of all land | 1,550 ft470 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
0.6 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Ward County, North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 308 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 627 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 48.0897° N, 101.0538° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Souris River → Canada
- ZIP codes 1
- 58781
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Newman Township1,890 ft
- Brillian Township1,800 ft
- Willis Township1,770 ft
- Sawyer Township1,680 ft
- Sundre Township1,670 ft
- Velva Township1,610 ft
- North Prairie Township1,590 ft
- New Prairie Township1,580 ft
- Logan1,550 ft
- Sawyer1,540 ft
- Velva1,510 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Dakota961st highest of 1,711
- Towns in Ward Countylowest of 72
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Skinner Hill1,730 ft
- Black Butte, Ward County1,710 ft
- Mikes Peak1,610 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.