Elk Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,510 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,730 ft 525 m1,670 ft 510 m1,650 ft 500 m1,590 ft 485 m1,540 ft 470 m1,510 ft 460 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

Elk Township sits at about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,600 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,560–1,670 ft
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,730 ft 525 m
on the west side
Average
1,600 ft 485 m
all land inside township boundaries

Elk Township spans about 220 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
1,600 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,730 ft525 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,510 ft460 m
Airport (OTG)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.3 mi southeast of the township boundaries
1,574 ft480 m
Average of all land1,600 ft485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Elk Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,510 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Population
208 2024 est.
Land area
36.1 sq mi
Density
5.8 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7072° N, 95.6432° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Des Moines River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Worthington Municipal (OTG) 1,574 ft
ZIP codes 2
56165 56187
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Summit Lake Township1,700 ft
  2. Dewald Township1,670 ft
  3. Bloom Township1,640 ft
  4. Worthington Township1,630 ft
  5. Elk Township1,600 ft
  6. Worthington1,580 ft
  7. Lorain Township1,550 ft
  8. Seward Township1,530 ft
  9. Hersey Township1,500 ft
  10. Brewster1,480 ft
  11. Graham Lakes Township1,470 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.