Towner County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,780 ft 545 m1,700 ft 520 m1,660 ft 505 m1,570 ft 480 m1,490 ft 455 m1,450 ft 440 m
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USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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.
- County area
- Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Towner County averages about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,450 ft on the south side to 1,780 ft on the northwest side.
Average elevation
1,560 ft 475 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,780 ft 545 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the south side
Towner County spans about 330 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 1,560 ft475 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on the northwest side | 1,780 ft545 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the south side | 1,450 ft440 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
24 mi west to east through Cando.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 2,051 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1,025.1 sq mi + 16.5 sq mi water
- Density
- 2.0 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Stump Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 63%, Canada 38%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Rolette County1,790 ft
- Pierce County1,570 ft
- Towner County1,560 ft
- Benson County1,560 ft
- Cavalier County1,560 ft
- Ramsey County1,500 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in North Dakota33rd highest of 53
- Counties in the United States805th highest of 3,151
All 34 towns in Towner County by typical elevation
- Monroe Township1,730 ft
- Mount View Township1,730 ft
- Perth1,730 ft
- Picton Township1,680 ft
- Grainfield Township1,670 ft
- Howell Township1,600 ft
- Dash Township1,600 ft
- Bisbee1,600 ft
- Armourdale Township1,590 ft
- Hansboro1,590 ft
- Lansing Township1,590 ft
- New City Township1,590 ft
- Sorenson Township1,560 ft
- Teddy Township1,560 ft
- Twin Hill Township1,550 ft
- Rocklake1,540 ft
- Sidney Township1,540 ft
- Zion Township1,540 ft
- Smith Township1,540 ft
- Virginia Township1,540 ft
- Rock Lake Township1,540 ft
- Springfield Township1,530 ft
- Gerrard Township1,520 ft
- Crocus Township1,520 ft
- Egeland1,520 ft
- Victor Township1,510 ft
- Paulson Township1,500 ft
- Olson Township1,490 ft
- Atkins Township1,490 ft
- Bethel Township1,480 ft
- Cando1,480 ft
- Cando Township1,480 ft
- Coolin Township1,460 ft
- Maza Township1,460 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.