Dent, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dent, Minnesota, shaded from 1,350 ft on the south side to 1,390 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,390 ft 425 m1,380 ft 420 m1,380 ft 420 m1,370 ft 415 m1,360 ft 415 m1,350 ft 410 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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

Dent sits at about 1,370 ft (415 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,370 ft 415 m
most residents: 1,350–1,380 ft
Lowest
1,350 ft 410 m
on the south side
Highest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,360 ft 415 m
all land inside city limits

Dent spans about 40 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
1,370 ft415 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,390 ft425 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
1,350 ft410 m
Town center
USGS map point for Dent
1,370 ft420 m
Airport (16D)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.4 mi northeast of the city limits
1,376 ft419 m
Average of all land1,360 ft415 m

Elevation profile, south to north

0.6 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Dent, Minnesota, shaded from 1,350 ft on the south side to 1,390 ft on the southwest side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States
Population
170 2024 est.
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
467 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.5536° N, 95.7164° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Otter Tail River → Red River → Canada
Airport
Perham Municipal (16D) 1,376 ft
ZIP codes 1
56528
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Vergas1,390 ft
  2. Dora Township1,380 ft
  3. Edna Township1,370 ft
  4. Richville1,370 ft
  5. Dent1,370 ft
  6. Gorman Township1,370 ft
  7. Perham1,370 ft
  8. Perham Township1,360 ft
  9. Dead Lake Township1,360 ft
  10. Star Lake Township1,340 ft
  11. Rush Lake Township1,340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.