Clearwater County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clearwater County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,160 ft on the north side to 2,010 ft on the south side
Elevation
2,010 ft 610 m1,790 ft 545 m1,690 ft 515 m1,480 ft 450 m1,260 ft 385 m1,160 ft 355 m
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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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Clearwater County averages about 1,420 ft (430 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,160 ft on the north side to 2,010 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
1,420 ft 430 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,010 ft 610 m
on the south side
Lowest
1,160 ft 355 m
on the north side

Clearwater County spans about 850 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 land1,420 ft430 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
2,010 ft610 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,160 ft355 m

Elevation profile, south to north

60 mi south to north through Bagley.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Clearwater County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,160 ft on the north side to 2,010 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
8,630 2024 est.
Land area
999.0 sq mi + 31.1 sq mi water
Density
8.6 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada 71%, Gulf of America 25%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Hubbard County1,450 ft
  2. Becker County1,450 ft
  3. Clearwater County1,420 ft
  4. Mahnomen County1,350 ft
  5. Beltrami County1,270 ft
  6. Pennington County1,120 ft
  7. Polk County1,010 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Jack Pine Hill1,950 ft
  • Norris Hill1,920 ft
  • Anchor Hill1,897 ft
  • Strawberry Mountain1,840 ft
All 31 towns in Clearwater County by typical elevation
  1. Long Lost Lake Township1,660 ft
  2. Rice Township1,560 ft
  3. Falk Township1,530 ft
  4. Minerva Township1,530 ft
  5. Nora Township1,530 ft
  6. Popple Township1,510 ft
  7. Itasca Township1,510 ft
  8. Bear Creek Township1,500 ft
  9. Roy Lake1,500 ft
  10. Copley Township1,500 ft
  11. South End1,490 ft
  12. Rice Lake, Clearwater County1,490 ft
  13. La Prairie Township1,490 ft
  14. Holst Township1,480 ft
  15. Moose Creek Township1,480 ft
  16. Ebro1,470 ft
  17. Shevlin Township1,460 ft
  18. Bagley1,460 ft
  19. Dudley Township1,450 ft
  20. Shevlin1,450 ft
  21. Leonard1,440 ft
  22. Eddy Township1,420 ft
  23. Sinclair Township1,350 ft
  24. Clearbrook1,340 ft
  25. Leon Township, Clearwater County1,340 ft
  26. Pine Lake Township, Clearwater County1,300 ft
  27. Gonvick1,280 ft
  28. Clover Township, Clearwater County1,260 ft
  29. Greenwood Township, Clearwater County1,200 ft
  30. Winsor Township1,190 ft
  31. Hangaard Township1,170 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.