Custer Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Custer Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the northeast side to 1,600 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,600 ft 485 m1,520 ft 465 m1,490 ft 455 m1,410 ft 430 m1,340 ft 410 m1,300 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

Custer Township sits at about 1,520 ft (465 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,520 ft 465 m
most residents: 1,450–1,550 ft
Lowest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,600 ft 485 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,510 ft 460 m
all land inside township boundaries

Custer Township 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
1,520 ft465 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,600 ft485 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,300 ft395 m
Airport (TKC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 5.3 mi east of the township boundaries
1,336 ft407 m
Average of all land1,510 ft460 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Custer Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Custer Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,300 ft on the northeast side to 1,600 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States
Population
177 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
5.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2470° N, 95.7651° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Cottonwood River → Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tracy Municipal (TKC) 1,336 ft
ZIP codes 2
56115 56132
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Balaton1,550 ft
  2. Rock Lake Township1,540 ft
  3. Lake Sarah Township1,540 ft
  4. Garvin1,530 ft
  5. Custer Township1,520 ft
  6. Lyons Township, Lyon County1,510 ft
  7. Shetek Township1,500 ft
  8. Monroe Township1,420 ft
  9. Tracy1,390 ft
  10. Sodus Township1,350 ft
  11. Amiret Township1,220 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Point1,970 ft
  • Poverty Hill1,730 ft
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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.