Backus, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Backus, Minnesota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the west side to 1,360 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,360 ft 415 m1,350 ft 410 m1,340 ft 410 m1,340 ft 405 m1,330 ft 405 m1,320 ft 405 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Backus sits at about 1,340 ft (410 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,340 ft 410 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
1,320 ft 405 m
on the west side
Highest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,340 ft 410 m
all land inside city limits

Backus spans about 40 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
1,340 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,360 ft415 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,320 ft405 m
Town center
USGS map point for Backus
1,340 ft410 m
Airport (PWC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 8.7 mi southeast of the city limits
1,296 ft395 m
Average of all land1,340 ft410 m

Elevation profile, west to east

0.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Backus, Minnesota, shaded from 1,320 ft on the west side to 1,360 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Cass County, Minnesota, United States
Population
266 2024 est.
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
429 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.8202° N, 94.5164° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Pine River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Pine River Regional (PWC) 1,296 ft
ZIP codes 1
56435
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Deerfield Township, Cass County1,430 ft
  2. Hiram Township1,390 ft
  3. Hackensack1,390 ft
  4. Powers Township1,350 ft
  5. Ponto Lake Township1,340 ft
  6. Backus1,340 ft
  7. Bull Moose Township1,340 ft
  8. Barclay Township1,330 ft
  9. Pine River Township1,310 ft
  10. Chickamaw Beach1,300 ft
  11. Pine River1,290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Maple Hill, Cass County1,550 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.