Sentinel Butte, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,940 ft 895 m2,880 ft 875 m2,850 ft 870 m2,780 ft 850 m2,720 ft 830 m2,690 ft 820 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
Sentinel Butte sits at about 2,720 ft (830 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,720 ft 830 m
most residents: 2,720–2,750 ft
Lowest
2,690 ft 820 m
on the east side
Highest
2,940 ft 895 m
on the north side
Average
2,750 ft 840 m
all land inside city limits
Sentinel Butte spans about 250 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 | 2,720 ft830 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the north side | 2,940 ft895 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the east side | 2,690 ft820 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Sentinel Butte | 2,720 ft830 m |
| Airport (20U) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.2 mi west of the city limits | 2,756 ft840 m |
| Average of all land | 2,750 ft840 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.1 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Golden Valley County, North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 70 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 68 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 46.9183° N, 103.8388° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Little Missouri River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- Beach (20U) 2,756 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 58654
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lone Tree Township2,860 ft
- Beach Township2,850 ft
- Golva2,830 ft
- Beach2,790 ft
- Delhi Township2,780 ft
- Garner Township2,740 ft
- Sentinel Township2,730 ft
- Saddle Butte Township2,730 ft
- Sentinel Butte2,720 ft
- Elk Creek Township2,620 ft
- Medora2,270 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Dakota66th highest of 1,711
- Towns in Golden Valley County10th highest of 13
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Sentinel Butte3,432 ft
- Square Butte, Golden Valley County3,320 ft
- Camels Hump Butte3,275 ft
- West Twin Butte2,950 ft
- East Twin Butte2,940 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.