Sheridan County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sheridan County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,580 ft on the east side to 2,250 ft on the west side
Elevation
2,250 ft 685 m2,080 ft 635 m2,000 ft 610 m1,830 ft 555 m1,660 ft 505 m1,580 ft 480 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sheridan County averages about 1,860 ft (570 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,580 ft on the east side to 2,250 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,860 ft 570 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,250 ft 685 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,580 ft 480 m
on the east side

Sheridan County spans about 670 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,860 ft570 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
2,250 ft685 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,580 ft480 m

Elevation profile, south to north

36 mi south to north through McClusky.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sheridan County, North Dakota, shaded from 1,580 ft on the east side to 2,250 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
1,268 2024 est.
Land area
972.2 sq mi + 33.3 sq mi water
Density
1.3 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform regions
Great Plains 71%, Central Lowland 29%
Drains to
Canada 50%, Salt Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 17%, Closed basin (does not reach the sea) 17%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. McLean County1,970 ft
  2. Burleigh County1,890 ft
  3. Sheridan County1,860 ft
  4. Kidder County1,860 ft
  5. Wells County1,690 ft
  6. Pierce County1,570 ft
  7. McHenry County1,540 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Klinks Slope2,030 ft
All 19 towns in Sheridan County by typical elevation
  1. Denhoff2,030 ft
  2. Mauch Township2,000 ft
  3. Denhoff Township2,000 ft
  4. Prophets Township1,990 ft
  5. Sperry/Goodrich Township1,980 ft
  6. Goodrich1,980 ft
  7. Highland Township, Sheridan County1,960 ft
  8. Boone Township1,940 ft
  9. McClusky Township1,930 ft
  10. McClusky1,930 ft
  11. Edgemont Township1,920 ft
  12. Lincoln Dale Township1,790 ft
  13. Fairview Township1,720 ft
  14. New Germantown/Schiller Township1,690 ft
  15. Strassburg Township1,680 ft
  16. Rosenfield Township1,670 ft
  17. Berlin Township, Sheridan County1,650 ft
  18. Martin1,630 ft
  19. Martin Township, Sheridan County1,630 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.