Chippewa County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chippewa County, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the southeast side to 1,140 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,140 ft 350 m1,070 ft 325 m1,040 ft 315 m970 ft 295 m900 ft 275 m870 ft 265 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Chippewa County averages about 1,030 ft (315 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 870 ft on the southeast side to 1,140 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,030 ft 315 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the east side
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the southeast side

Chippewa County spans about 270 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 land1,030 ft315 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,140 ft350 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

26 mi west to east through Montevideo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Chippewa County, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the southeast side to 1,140 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
12,299 2024 est.
Land area
581.2 sq mi + 6.7 sq mi water
Density
21 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. Kandiyohi County1,170 ft
  2. Yellow Medicine County1,120 ft
  3. Lac qui Parle County1,070 ft
  4. Swift County1,070 ft
  5. Renville County1,060 ft
  6. Chippewa County1,030 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 22 towns in Chippewa County by typical elevation
  1. Woods Township1,080 ft
  2. Lone Tree Township1,070 ft
  3. Rheiderland Township1,070 ft
  4. Clara City1,050 ft
  5. Crate Township1,050 ft
  6. Louriston Township1,050 ft
  7. Stoneham Township1,040 ft
  8. Grace Township1,040 ft
  9. Granite Falls Township1,040 ft
  10. Havelock Township1,030 ft
  11. Leenthrop Township1,030 ft
  12. Mandt Township1,030 ft
  13. Watson1,030 ft
  14. Maynard1,030 ft
  15. Big Bend Township1,030 ft
  16. Rosewood Township1,020 ft
  17. Tunsberg Township1,020 ft
  18. Kragero Township1,020 ft
  19. Montevideo1,020 ft
  20. Sparta Township1,020 ft
  21. Milan1,010 ft
  22. Granite Falls partly920 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.