Aurora Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aurora Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,200 ft on the northwest side to 1,360 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,360 ft 415 m1,320 ft 400 m1,300 ft 395 m1,260 ft 385 m1,220 ft 370 m1,200 ft 365 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.
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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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Aurora Township sits at about 1,290 ft (395 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,290 ft 395 m
most residents: 1,230–1,310 ft
Lowest
1,200 ft 365 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the south side
Average
1,280 ft 390 m
all land inside township boundaries

Aurora Township spans about 160 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
1,290 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,360 ft415 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,200 ft365 m
Average of all land1,280 ft390 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Aurora Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Aurora Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,200 ft on the northwest side to 1,360 ft on the south side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Steele County, Minnesota, United States
Population
517 2024 est.
Land area
36.0 sq mi
Density
14 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.9731° N, 93.1087° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
55060 55917 55924
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Blooming Prairie1,290 ft
  2. Aurora Township1,290 ft
  3. Claremont1,280 ft
  4. Blooming Prairie Township1,280 ft
  5. Ripley Township, Dodge County1,280 ft
  6. Claremont Township1,270 ft
  7. Westfield Township1,270 ft
  8. Havana Township1,250 ft
  9. Owatonna Township1,210 ft
  10. Somerset Township1,210 ft
  11. Summit Township1,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.