Birchdale Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birchdale Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,180 ft on the southeast side to 1,430 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,430 ft 435 m1,370 ft 420 m1,340 ft 410 m1,280 ft 390 m1,210 ft 370 m1,180 ft 360 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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
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

Birchdale Township sits at about 1,250 ft (380 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,250 ft 380 m
most residents: 1,200–1,310 ft
Lowest
1,180 ft 360 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the west side
Average
1,260 ft 385 m
all land inside township boundaries

Birchdale Township spans about 250 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
1,250 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,430 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,180 ft360 m
Airport (14Y)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.5 mi north of the township boundaries
1,332 ft406 m
Average of all land1,260 ft385 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.2 mi west to east through the middle of Birchdale Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birchdale Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,180 ft on the southeast side to 1,430 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States
Population
958 2024 est.
Land area
32.7 sq mi + 3.3 sq mi water
Density
29 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.7950° N, 94.8301° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Sauk River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Todd Field (14Y) 1,332 ft
ZIP codes 2
56336 56378
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Little Sauk Township1,330 ft
  2. Round Prairie Township1,320 ft
  3. Grey Eagle Township1,290 ft
  4. Kandota Township1,260 ft
  5. Sauk Centre Township1,260 ft
  6. St. Rosa1,260 ft
  7. Melrose Township1,260 ft
  8. Sauk Centre1,250 ft
  9. Birchdale Township1,250 ft
  10. Grey Eagle1,220 ft
  11. Melrose1,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Tower Hill, Todd County1,503 ft
  • Eagle Mountain, Todd County1,466 ft
  • The Mound, Todd County1,420 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).
  • 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.