Sorkness Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sorkness Township, North Dakota, shaded from 2,090 ft on the southwest side to 2,550 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
2,550 ft 780 m2,440 ft 740 m2,380 ft 725 m2,260 ft 690 m2,150 ft 655 m2,090 ft 635 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sorkness Township sits at about 2,270 ft (695 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside township boundaries (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
2,270 ft 695 m
few residents
Lowest
2,090 ft 635 m
on the southwest side
Highest
2,550 ft 780 m
on the southeast side
Average
2,290 ft 695 m
all land inside township boundaries

Sorkness Township spans about 460 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
2,270 ft695 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
2,550 ft780 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
2,090 ft635 m
Average of all land2,290 ft695 m

Elevation profile, west to east

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sorkness Township, North Dakota, shaded from 2,090 ft on the southwest side to 2,550 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States
Population
32 2024 est.
Land area
35.6 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
0.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
48.4293° N, 102.6924° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Great Plains
Drains to
Cottonwood Lake basin (does not reach the sea)
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Manitou Township2,380 ft
  2. Bicker Township2,360 ft
  3. Cottonwood Township2,350 ft
  4. Powers Lake Township2,310 ft
  5. Powers Township2,300 ft
  6. Myrtle Township2,300 ft
  7. Ross2,290 ft
  8. Sorkness Township2,270 ft
  9. White Earth Township2,240 ft
  10. Powers Lake2,210 ft
  11. White Earth2,090 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Grand View2,470 ft
  • Big Butte, Mountrail County2,460 ft
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); BTS time zones. All public domain.