White Shield, ND Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,050 ft 625 m2,030 ft 620 m2,020 ft 615 m2,000 ft 610 m1,970 ft 600 m1,960 ft 600 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
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.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
White Shield sits at about 2,010 ft (615 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
2,010 ft 615 m
most residents: 1,980–2,020 ft
Lowest
1,960 ft 600 m
on the east side
Highest
2,050 ft 625 m
on the south side
Average
2,000 ft 610 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
White Shield spans about 90 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 2,010 ft615 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the south side | 2,050 ft625 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side | 1,960 ft600 m |
| Town center USGS map point for White Shield | 2,000 ft610 m |
| Average of all land | 2,000 ft610 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.9 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in McLean County, North Dakota, United States
- Population
- 363 2020 Census
- Land area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Density
- 96 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.6614° N, 101.8452° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Great Plains
- Drains to
- Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 2
- 58540 58775
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Gate Township2,160 ft
- Hiddenwood Township2,140 ft
- Mountrail Township2,120 ft
- Roseglen Township2,090 ft
- Amundsville Township2,050 ft
- Cremerville Township2,020 ft
- White Shield2,010 ft
- Deepwater Township2,000 ft
- Blackwater Township1,970 ft
- Loquemont Township1,920 ft
- St. Mary Township1,910 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in North Dakota376th highest of 1,711
- Towns in McLean County14th highest of 40
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Blue Hill2,270 ft
- Round Top Hill2,196 ft
- Paint Hill2,086 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- White Shield is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.