Cloquet, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cloquet, Minnesota, shaded from 1,080 ft on the southeast side to 1,380 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,310 ft 400 m1,270 ft 385 m1,200 ft 365 m1,120 ft 340 m1,080 ft 330 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cloquet sits at about 1,260 ft (385 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,260 ft 385 m
most residents: 1,200–1,290 ft
Lowest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
on the north side
Average
1,250 ft 380 m
all land inside city limits

Cloquet spans about 300 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,260 ft385 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,380 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,080 ft330 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cloquet
1,210 ft365 m
Airport (DLH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 12 mi northeast of the city limits
1,428 ft435 m
Average of all land1,250 ft380 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.1 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cloquet, Minnesota, shaded from 1,080 ft on the southeast side to 1,380 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States
Population
12,475 2024 est.
Land area
35.2 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
354 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.7216° N, 92.4594° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Saint Louis River
Airport
Duluth International (DLH) 1,428 ft
ZIP codes 1
55720
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Solway Township1,360 ft
  2. Perch Lake Township1,310 ft
  3. Brevator Township1,300 ft
  4. Mahnomen, St. Louis County1,290 ft
  5. Cloquet1,260 ft
  6. Scanlon1,230 ft
  7. Thomson Township1,190 ft
  8. Esko1,180 ft
  9. Twin Lakes Township1,170 ft
  10. Carlton1,080 ft
  11. Wrenshall1,050 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarloaf1,490 ft
  • Elys Peak1,250 ft
  • Bardon Peak1,250 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.