Sheldon, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,100 ft 335 m1,100 ft 335 m1,090 ft 335 m1,080 ft 330 m1,080 ft 330 m1,070 ft 325 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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

Sheldon sits at about 1,080 ft (330 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,080 ft 330 m

nearly all residents at this height

Lowest

1,070 ft 325 m

on the north side

Highest

1,080 ft 330 m

near the middle

Average

1,080 ft 330 m

all land inside city limits

Sheldon is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,080 ft330 m
Highest point Inside city limits, near the middle	1,080 ft330 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the north side	1,070 ft325 m
Town center USGS map point for Sheldon	1,080 ft330 m
Average of all land	1,080 ft330 m

Topographic Map

Location: City in Ransom County, North Dakota, United States
Population: 92 2024 est.
Land area: 0.4 sq mi
Density: 225 per sq mi
Coordinates: 46.5858° N, 97.4912° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Maple River → Red River → Canada
ZIP codes 1: 58068

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Casey Township1,140 ft
Liberty Township1,130 ft
Pontiac Township1,120 ft
Enderlin1,090 ft
Sheldon1,080 ft
Greene Township1,070 ft
Shenford Township1,070 ft
Highland Township1,070 ft
Coburn Township1,060 ft
Owego Township1,060 ft
Watson Township1,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in North Dakota1,474th highest of 1,711
Towns in Ransom County23rd highest of 31

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Scott Hill1,270 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.