Shell Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shell Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,900 ft on the southwest side to 2,180 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
2,180 ft 665 m2,110 ft 645 m2,080 ft 635 m2,010 ft 610 m1,940 ft 590 m1,900 ft 580 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shell Township sits at about 2,080 ft (635 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2,080 ft 635 m
few residents
Lowest
1,900 ft 580 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,180 ft 665 m
on the northwest side
Average
2,060 ft 630 m
all land inside township boundaries

Shell Township spans about 280 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.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
2,080 ft635 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
2,180 ft665 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,900 ft580 m
Airport (Y74)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.0 mi south of the township boundaries
2,032 ft619 m
Average of all land2,060 ft630 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Shell Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shell Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,900 ft on the southwest side to 2,180 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States
Population
34 2024 est.
Land area
36.0 sq mi
Density
0.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.0497° N, 102.1250° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Parshall-hankins (Y74) 2,032 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Austin Township2,260 ft
  2. Wayzetta Township2,130 ft
  3. Osloe Township2,120 ft
  4. Banner Township2,110 ft
  5. Oakland Township2,110 ft
  6. Spring Coulee Township2,110 ft
  7. Plaza2,100 ft
  8. Shell Township2,080 ft
  9. Model Township2,060 ft
  10. Parshall Township1,950 ft
  11. Parshall1,950 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the township boundaries; 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 township boundaries (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.