Brighton Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brighton Township, Minnesota, shaded from 980 ft on the southeast side to 1,030 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m1,020 ft 310 m1,010 ft 310 m1,000 ft 305 m980 ft 300 m980 ft 300 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

Brighton Township sits at about 990 ft (300 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
990 ft 300 m
most residents: 980–990 ft
Lowest
980 ft 300 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the east side
Average
990 ft 300 m
all land inside township boundaries

Brighton Township spans about 50 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
990 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,030 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
980 ft300 m
Average of all land990 ft300 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the middle of Brighton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brighton Township, Minnesota, shaded from 980 ft on the southeast side to 1,030 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States
Population
126 2024 est.
Land area
17.5 sq mi + 1.6 sq mi water
Density
7.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.3613° N, 94.3213° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
56073 56074
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lafayette1,010 ft
  2. Lafayette Township1,000 ft
  3. Bernadotte Township990 ft
  4. Courtland Township990 ft
  5. Brighton Township990 ft
  6. Nicollet990 ft
  7. New Sweden Township980 ft
  8. Granby Township980 ft
  9. Cambria Township970 ft
  10. New Ulm890 ft
  11. Courtland870 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.