Cotton Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cotton Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,290 ft on the west side to 1,470 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,470 ft 450 m1,430 ft 435 m1,400 ft 430 m1,360 ft 415 m1,310 ft 400 m1,290 ft 395 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Cotton Township sits at about 1,340 ft (405 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,340 ft 405 m
most residents: 1,320–1,390 ft
Lowest
1,290 ft 395 m
on the west side
Highest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the east side
Average
1,360 ft 415 m
all land inside township boundaries

Cotton Township spans about 180 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
1,340 ft405 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,470 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,290 ft395 m
Town center
USGS map point for Cotton Township
1,330 ft405 m
Average of all land1,360 ft415 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cotton Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,290 ft on the west side to 1,470 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Population
453 2024 est.
Land area
69.1 sq mi + 2.9 sq mi water
Density
6.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.1694° N, 92.4763° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Whiteface River → Saint Louis River
ZIP codes 1
55724
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ellsburg Township1,380 ft
  2. Northland Township1,350 ft
  3. New Independence Township1,340 ft
  4. Cotton Township1,340 ft
  5. McDavitt Township1,330 ft
  6. Alborn Township1,330 ft
  7. Kelsey Township1,300 ft
  8. Toivola Township1,280 ft
  9. Meadowlands Township1,280 ft
  10. Meadowlands1,280 ft
  11. Elmer Township, St. Louis County1,270 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); BTS time zones. All public domain.