Steele County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Steele County, North Dakota, shaded from 980 ft on the northeast side to 1,570 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,570 ft 480 m1,430 ft 435 m1,350 ft 410 m1,210 ft 370 m1,060 ft 325 m980 ft 300 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Steele County averages about 1,270 ft (390 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 980 ft on the northeast side to 1,570 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,270 ft 390 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,570 ft 480 m
on the west side
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the northeast side

Steele County spans about 590 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 land1,270 ft390 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,570 ft480 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
980 ft300 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Finley.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Steele County, North Dakota, shaded from 980 ft on the northeast side to 1,570 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
1,767 2024 est.
Land area
712.1 sq mi + 3.3 sq mi water
Density
2.5 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Nelson County1,500 ft
  2. Griggs County1,450 ft
  3. Barnes County1,390 ft
  4. Steele County1,270 ft
  5. Grand Forks County1,020 ft
  6. Cass County1,010 ft
  7. Traill County950 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 24 towns in Steele County by typical elevation
  1. Greenview Township1,520 ft
  2. Sharon1,520 ft
  3. Franklin Township1,510 ft
  4. Sharon Township1,510 ft
  5. Riverside Township1,480 ft
  6. Finley1,450 ft
  7. Luverne1,430 ft
  8. Willow Lake Township1,430 ft
  9. Westfield Township1,380 ft
  10. Easton Township1,360 ft
  11. Finley Township1,360 ft
  12. Melrose Township1,340 ft
  13. Carpenter Township1,280 ft
  14. Hope1,230 ft
  15. Colgate Township1,170 ft
  16. Sherbrooke Township1,170 ft
  17. Hugo Township1,160 ft
  18. Broadlawn Township1,150 ft
  19. Beaver Creek Township1,150 ft
  20. Golden Lake Township1,140 ft
  21. Edendale Township1,120 ft
  22. Primrose Township1,090 ft
  23. Newburgh Township1,090 ft
  24. Enger Township1,090 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 980 ft at 47.5115° N, 97.4749° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.