Buhl, MN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,630 ft 500 m1,590 ft 485 m1,560 ft 475 m1,510 ft 460 m1,470 ft 445 m1,440 ft 440 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Buhl sits at about 1,520 ft (465 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,520 ft 465 m
most residents: 1,490–1,530 ft
Lowest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,630 ft 500 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside city limits
Buhl spans about 190 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,520 ft465 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 1,630 ft500 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 1,440 ft440 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Buhl | 1,520 ft465 m |
| Airport (HIB) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.0 mi south of the city limits | 1,354 ft413 m |
| Average of all land | 1,510 ft460 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
1.5 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
- Population
- 945 2024 est.
- Land area
- 3.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 286 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.4935° N, 92.7780° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Superior Upland
- Drains to
- Saint Louis River
- Airport
- Range Regional (HIB) 1,354 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 55713 55719
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Kinney1,550 ft
- Buhl1,520 ft
- Chisholm1,520 ft
- Balkan Township1,500 ft
- Hibbing1,490 ft
- Leonidas1,450 ft
- Mountain Iron1,430 ft
- Great Scott Township1,420 ft
- Cherry Township1,370 ft
- Clinton Township1,370 ft
- Iron Junction1,370 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Minnesota131st highest of 2,692
- Towns in St. Louis County6th highest of 103
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Pike Mountain1,934 ft
- Lookout Mountain, St. Louis County1,850 ft
- Maple Hill, St. Louis County1,650 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.