Walsh County, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Walsh County, North Dakota, shaded from 770 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,650 ft 505 m1,430 ft 435 m1,320 ft 405 m1,100 ft 335 m880 ft 270 m770 ft 235 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

Walsh County averages about 1,120 ft (345 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 770 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,120 ft 345 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,650 ft 505 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the east side

Walsh County spans about 880 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 land1,120 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,650 ft505 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

54 mi west to east through Grafton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Walsh County, North Dakota, shaded from 770 ft on the east side to 1,650 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in North Dakota, United States
Population
10,214 2024 est.
Land area
1,281.6 sq mi + 12.4 sq mi water
Density
8.0 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada 79%, Stump Lake basin (does not reach the sea) 13%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cavalier County1,560 ft
  2. Nelson County1,500 ft
  3. Ramsey County1,500 ft
  4. Walsh County1,120 ft
  5. Marshall County, MN1,020 ft
  6. Grand Forks County1,020 ft
  7. Pembina County890 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 51 towns in Walsh County by typical elevation
  1. Kinloss Township1,620 ft
  2. Fairdale1,620 ft
  3. Silvesta Township1,600 ft
  4. Adams Township1,580 ft
  5. Dewey Township1,570 ft
  6. Adams1,570 ft
  7. Latona Township1,560 ft
  8. Shepherd Township1,540 ft
  9. Perth Township1,530 ft
  10. Sauter Township1,530 ft
  11. Vesta Township1,480 ft
  12. Norton Township1,470 ft
  13. Tiber Township1,450 ft
  14. Cleveland Township1,410 ft
  15. Lankin1,340 ft
  16. Lampton Township1,200 ft
  17. Edinburg1,200 ft
  18. Golden Township1,190 ft
  19. Vernon Township1,180 ft
  20. Medford Township1,170 ft
  21. Fordville1,140 ft
  22. Eden Township1,040 ft
  23. Park River1,010 ft
  24. Kensington Township1,000 ft
  25. Pisek990 ft
  26. Conway980 ft
  27. Rushford Township970 ft
  28. Dundee Township950 ft
  29. Ops Township900 ft
  30. Hoople890 ft
  31. Fertile Township890 ft
  32. Glenwood Township880 ft
  33. Prairie Centre Township880 ft
  34. Forest River860 ft
  35. Nash850 ft
  36. Farmington Township840 ft
  37. Auburn840 ft
  38. Forest River Township840 ft
  39. Grafton Township830 ft
  40. Walsh Centre Township830 ft
  41. Grafton830 ft
  42. Ardoch830 ft
  43. Minto820 ft
  44. Martin Township820 ft
  45. Ardoch Township820 ft
  46. Oakwood Township810 ft
  47. Harriston Township810 ft
  48. Walshville Township810 ft
  49. Pulaski Township810 ft
  50. St. Andrews Township800 ft
  51. Acton Township800 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.