Clay County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay County, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the northwest side to 1,550 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,550 ft 470 m1,370 ft 420 m1,280 ft 390 m1,110 ft 340 m940 ft 285 m850 ft 260 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

Clay County averages about 1,030 ft (310 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 850 ft on the northwest side to 1,550 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,030 ft 310 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,550 ft 470 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the northwest side

Clay County spans about 700 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 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,550 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

28 mi west to east through Moorhead.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clay County, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the northwest side to 1,550 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
66,848 2024 est.
Land area
1,045.2 sq mi + 7.5 sq mi water
Density
64 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Becker County1,450 ft
  2. Otter Tail County1,360 ft
  3. Richland County, ND1,030 ft
  4. Clay County1,030 ft
  5. Cass County, ND1,010 ft
  6. Wilkin County990 ft
  7. Norman County990 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 42 towns in Clay County by typical elevation
  1. Tansem Township1,350 ft
  2. Parke Township1,350 ft
  3. Eglon Township1,290 ft
  4. Hitterdal1,240 ft
  5. Highland Grove Township1,220 ft
  6. Goose Prairie Township1,200 ft
  7. Cromwell Township1,170 ft
  8. Hawley1,160 ft
  9. Keene Township1,160 ft
  10. Ulen1,150 ft
  11. Ulen Township1,140 ft
  12. Skree Township1,130 ft
  13. Hawley Township1,120 ft
  14. Humboldt Township1,100 ft
  15. Hagen Township1,050 ft
  16. Barnesville1,030 ft
  17. Spring Prairie Township1,020 ft
  18. Riverton Township1,000 ft
  19. Elkton Township970 ft
  20. Barnesville Township960 ft
  21. Baker940 ft
  22. Alliance Township930 ft
  23. Elmwood Township930 ft
  24. Glyndon920 ft
  25. Glyndon Township920 ft
  26. Comstock920 ft
  27. Holy Cross Township920 ft
  28. Sabin920 ft
  29. Flowing Township920 ft
  30. Felton910 ft
  31. Felton Township910 ft
  32. Moorhead Township910 ft
  33. Moland Township910 ft
  34. Kurtz Township910 ft
  35. Dilworth910 ft
  36. Moorhead910 ft
  37. Morken Township900 ft
  38. Oakport Township900 ft
  39. Viding Township890 ft
  40. Kragnes Township890 ft
  41. Georgetown Township880 ft
  42. Georgetown880 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.