Benton County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton County, Minnesota, shaded from 980 ft on the southwest side to 1,310 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,310 ft 400 m1,230 ft 375 m1,190 ft 360 m1,110 ft 335 m1,020 ft 310 m980 ft 300 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Benton County averages about 1,120 ft (340 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 980 ft on the southwest side to 1,310 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,120 ft 340 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,310 ft 400 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the southwest side

Benton County spans about 330 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 ft340 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,310 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
980 ft300 m

Elevation profile, south to north

17 mi south to north through Sauk Rapids.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Benton County, Minnesota, shaded from 980 ft on the southwest side to 1,310 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
41,881 2024 est.
Land area
408.3 sq mi + 4.7 sq mi water
Density
103 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Morrison County1,220 ft
  2. Stearns County1,200 ft
  3. Mille Lacs County1,170 ft
  4. Benton County1,120 ft
  5. Sherburne County980 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 20 towns in Benton County by typical elevation
  1. Alberta Township1,230 ft
  2. Gilman1,200 ft
  3. Granite Ledge Township1,180 ft
  4. Graham Township1,170 ft
  5. Gilmanton Township1,160 ft
  6. Foley1,130 ft
  7. Ronneby1,120 ft
  8. Maywood Township1,120 ft
  9. Mayhew Lake Township1,110 ft
  10. Royalton partly1,080 ft
  11. Sauk Rapids1,080 ft
  12. Langola Township1,070 ft
  13. St. George Township1,070 ft
  14. Rice1,060 ft
  15. Sauk Rapids Township1,060 ft
  16. Glendorado Township1,050 ft
  17. Watab Township1,050 ft
  18. Minden Township1,050 ft
  19. Sartell partly1,050 ft
  20. St. Cloud partly1,040 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.