Carlton County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carlton County, Minnesota, shaded from 610 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,450 ft 440 m1,240 ft 375 m1,130 ft 345 m920 ft 280 m720 ft 220 m610 ft 185 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

Carlton County averages about 1,190 ft (365 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 610 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,190 ft 365 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the east side

Carlton County spans about 840 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 land1,190 ft365 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,450 ft440 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
610 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Cloquet.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carlton County, Minnesota, shaded from 610 ft on the east side to 1,450 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
36,745 2024 est.
Land area
861.2 sq mi + 14.0 sq mi water
Density
43 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Gulf of America 54%, Great Lakes 46%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. St. Louis County1,380 ft
  2. Aitkin County1,270 ft
  3. Carlton County1,190 ft
  4. Pine County1,070 ft
  5. Douglas County, WI1,060 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 31 towns in Carlton County by typical elevation
  1. Big Lake, Carlton County1,330 ft
  2. Perch Lake Township1,310 ft
  3. Eagle Township1,310 ft
  4. Wright1,310 ft
  5. Beseman Township1,310 ft
  6. Cromwell1,310 ft
  7. Lakeview Township1,300 ft
  8. Automba Township1,270 ft
  9. Cloquet1,260 ft
  10. Kalevala Township1,240 ft
  11. Split Rock Township1,240 ft
  12. Atkinson Township1,230 ft
  13. Scanlon1,230 ft
  14. Skelton Township1,200 ft
  15. Thomson Township1,190 ft
  16. Esko1,180 ft
  17. Kettle River1,180 ft
  18. Mahtowa1,180 ft
  19. Silver Township1,170 ft
  20. Twin Lakes Township1,170 ft
  21. Mahtowa Township1,170 ft
  22. Barnum1,130 ft
  23. Barnum Township1,100 ft
  24. Blackhoof Township1,090 ft
  25. Moose Lake Township1,090 ft
  26. Carlton1,080 ft
  27. Moose Lake1,080 ft
  28. Wrenshall1,050 ft
  29. Holyoke Township1,040 ft
  30. Silver Brook Township1,030 ft
  31. Wrenshall Township940 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.