Brown County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brown County, Minnesota, shaded from 780 ft on the east side to 1,260 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,270 ft 385 m1,140 ft 350 m1,080 ft 330 m960 ft 295 m840 ft 255 m780 ft 240 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

Brown County averages about 1,020 ft (310 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 780 ft on the east side to 1,260 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,020 ft 310 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
780 ft 240 m
on the east side

Brown County spans about 480 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 land1,020 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

21 mi west to east through New Ulm.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Brown County, Minnesota, shaded from 780 ft on the east side to 1,260 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
25,710 2024 est.
Land area
611.3 sq mi + 7.2 sq mi water
Density
42 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. Cottonwood County1,350 ft
  2. Watonwan County1,090 ft
  3. Redwood County1,070 ft
  4. Renville County1,060 ft
  5. Brown County1,020 ft
  6. Blue Earth County1,000 ft
  7. Nicollet County970 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Fort Hill1,060 ft
All 25 towns in Brown County by typical elevation
  1. Stately Township1,130 ft
  2. Comfrey1,130 ft
  3. Bashaw Township1,090 ft
  4. North Star Township1,060 ft
  5. Mulligan Township1,050 ft
  6. Springfield1,050 ft
  7. Burnstown Township1,050 ft
  8. Albin Township1,040 ft
  9. Cobden1,030 ft
  10. Evan1,030 ft
  11. Lake Hanska Township1,020 ft
  12. Leavenworth Township1,020 ft
  13. Prairieville Township1,020 ft
  14. Sleepy Eye1,020 ft
  15. Hanska1,020 ft
  16. Eden Township, Brown County1,010 ft
  17. Stark Township1,010 ft
  18. Home Township1,000 ft
  19. Essig1,000 ft
  20. Linden Township1,000 ft
  21. Milford Township1,000 ft
  22. Sigel Township990 ft
  23. Searles990 ft
  24. Cottonwood Township980 ft
  25. New Ulm890 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.