Carver County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carver County, Minnesota, shaded from 700 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,090 ft 330 m990 ft 300 m940 ft 285 m840 ft 255 m750 ft 230 m700 ft 215 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

Carver County averages about 960 ft (290 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
960 ft 290 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,090 ft 330 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the east side

Carver County spans about 390 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 land960 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,090 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.5 mi south to north through Chaska.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carver County, Minnesota, shaded from 700 ft on the east side to 1,090 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
112,628 2024 est.
Land area
353.9 sq mi + 22.0 sq mi water
Density
318 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. McLeod County1,040 ft
  2. Sibley County1,000 ft
  3. Wright County1,000 ft
  4. Carver County960 ft
  5. Scott County940 ft
  6. Hennepin County920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 23 towns in Carver County by typical elevation
  1. Hamburg1,000 ft
  2. Victoria990 ft
  3. Young America Township990 ft
  4. Norwood Young America990 ft
  5. Waconia990 ft
  6. Hollywood Township990 ft
  7. Waconia Township990 ft
  8. New Germany980 ft
  9. Camden Township980 ft
  10. Watertown Township970 ft
  11. Laketown Township970 ft
  12. Mayer970 ft
  13. Shorewood partly970 ft
  14. Watertown970 ft
  15. Benton Township970 ft
  16. Cologne960 ft
  17. Chanhassen950 ft
  18. Hancock Township950 ft
  19. Crown College940 ft
  20. Dahlgren Township930 ft
  21. Chaska910 ft
  22. San Francisco Township860 ft
  23. Carver840 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.