Blue Earth County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blue Earth County, Minnesota, shaded from 750 ft on the north side to 1,190 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,190 ft 365 m1,080 ft 330 m1,030 ft 315 m910 ft 280 m800 ft 245 m750 ft 230 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

Blue Earth County averages about 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 750 ft on the north side to 1,190 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,000 ft 305 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,190 ft 365 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the north side

Blue Earth County spans about 440 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 land1,000 ft305 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,190 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Mankato.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Blue Earth County, Minnesota, shaded from 750 ft on the north side to 1,190 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
70,700 2024 est.
Land area
747.8 sq mi + 17.7 sq mi water
Density
95 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. Martin County1,200 ft
  2. Faribault County1,120 ft
  3. Waseca County1,110 ft
  4. Watonwan County1,090 ft
  5. Brown County1,020 ft
  6. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  7. Blue Earth County1,000 ft
  8. Nicollet County970 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 36 towns in Blue Earth County by typical elevation
  1. Minnesota Lake partly1,050 ft
  2. Danville Township1,050 ft
  3. Madison Lake1,040 ft
  4. Pemberton1,040 ft
  5. Amboy1,040 ft
  6. Pleasant Mound Township1,040 ft
  7. Jamestown Township1,040 ft
  8. Mapleton1,030 ft
  9. Shelby Township1,030 ft
  10. Vernon Center1,030 ft
  11. Mapleton Township1,020 ft
  12. Le Ray Township1,020 ft
  13. Medo Township1,020 ft
  14. Sterling Township1,020 ft
  15. Ceresco Township1,020 ft
  16. Beauford Township1,010 ft
  17. McPherson Township1,010 ft
  18. Vernon Center Township1,010 ft
  19. Eagle Lake1,010 ft
  20. Good Thunder1,000 ft
  21. Lyra Township1,000 ft
  22. Lincoln Township1,000 ft
  23. Mankato1,000 ft
  24. Decoria Township1,000 ft
  25. St. Clair990 ft
  26. Butternut Valley Township990 ft
  27. Lake Crystal990 ft
  28. Mankato Township980 ft
  29. Skyline980 ft
  30. Garden City Township980 ft
  31. Lime Township980 ft
  32. Rapidan Township980 ft
  33. Judson Township970 ft
  34. Cambria Township970 ft
  35. Garden City900 ft
  36. South Bend Township850 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.