Wells Township, ND Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,510 ft on the northeast side to 1,750 ft on Butte de Morale
Elevation
1,750 ft 530 m1,690 ft 515 m1,660 ft 505 m1,600 ft 485 m1,540 ft 470 m1,510 ft 460 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
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

Wells Township sits at about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,600 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,560–1,610 ft
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,750 ft 530 m
on Butte de Morale
Average
1,600 ft 490 m
all land inside township boundaries

Wells Township spans about 240 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
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,600 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Butte de Morale
1,750 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,510 ft460 m
Airport (5H4)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.1 mi west of the township boundaries
1,607 ft490 m
Average of all land1,600 ft490 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Wells Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells Township, North Dakota, shaded from 1,510 ft on the northeast side to 1,750 ft on Butte de Morale
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Wells County, North Dakota, United States
Population
89 2024 est.
Land area
33.7 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
2.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.7814° N, 99.8863° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Sheyenne River → Red River → Canada
Airport
Harvey Municipal (5H4) 1,607 ft
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Western Township1,620 ft
  2. Truman Township1,620 ft
  3. Forward Township1,610 ft
  4. Manfred Township1,610 ft
  5. East Fork Township, Benson County1,610 ft
  6. Selz1,600 ft
  7. Hillsdale Township1,600 ft
  8. Hagel Township1,600 ft
  9. Wells Township1,600 ft
  10. Fram Township1,600 ft
  11. Harvey1,600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Butte de Morale1,750 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • 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).
  • 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, 1,510 ft at 47.8024° N, 99.8129° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.