Cottonwood County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottonwood County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,020 ft on the north side to 1,570 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,570 ft 480 m1,430 ft 435 m1,370 ft 415 m1,230 ft 375 m1,090 ft 335 m1,020 ft 310 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

Cottonwood County averages about 1,350 ft (410 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,020 ft on the north side to 1,570 ft near the middle.

Average elevation
1,350 ft 410 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,570 ft 480 m
near the middle
Lowest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the north side

Cottonwood County spans about 550 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 land1,350 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside the county, near the middle
1,570 ft480 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,020 ft310 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Windom.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Cottonwood County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,020 ft on the north side to 1,570 ft near the middle
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
11,338 2024 est.
Land area
640.0 sq mi + 8.6 sq mi water
Density
18 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. Nobles County1,600 ft
  2. Murray County1,600 ft
  3. Jackson County1,430 ft
  4. Cottonwood County1,350 ft
  5. Watonwan County1,090 ft
  6. Redwood County1,070 ft
  7. Brown County1,020 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 25 towns in Cottonwood County by typical elevation
  1. Jeffers1,480 ft
  2. Amboy Township1,450 ft
  3. Dale Township1,450 ft
  4. Rose Hill Township1,440 ft
  5. Amo Township1,440 ft
  6. Southbrook Township1,430 ft
  7. Springfield Township1,430 ft
  8. Westbrook1,430 ft
  9. Great Bend Township1,430 ft
  10. Bingham Lake1,420 ft
  11. Westbrook Township1,420 ft
  12. Lakeside Township, Cottonwood County1,400 ft
  13. Carson Township1,400 ft
  14. Storden1,400 ft
  15. Storden Township1,400 ft
  16. Windom1,370 ft
  17. Mountain Lake Township1,310 ft
  18. Delton Township1,300 ft
  19. Ann Township1,300 ft
  20. Mountain Lake1,300 ft
  21. Midway Township, Cottonwood County1,260 ft
  22. Highwater Township1,230 ft
  23. Selma Township1,190 ft
  24. Germantown Township1,140 ft
  25. Comfrey partly1,130 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.