Elmo Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elmo Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,420 ft on the east side to 1,530 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,500 ft 460 m1,490 ft 455 m1,460 ft 445 m1,440 ft 440 m1,420 ft 435 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

Elmo Township sits at about 1,450 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,440–1,490 ft
Lowest
1,420 ft 435 m
on the east side
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the west side
Average
1,460 ft 445 m
all land inside township boundaries

Elmo Township spans about 110 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
1,450 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,530 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,420 ft435 m
Average of all land1,460 ft445 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.1 mi west to east through the middle of Elmo Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elmo Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,420 ft on the east side to 1,530 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States
Population
326 2024 est.
Land area
36.2 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
9.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.2408° N, 95.3457° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Crow Wing River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
56361 56551 56588
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Folden Township1,500 ft
  2. Effington Township1,480 ft
  3. Parkers Prairie Township1,470 ft
  4. Parkers Prairie1,470 ft
  5. Elmo Township1,450 ft
  6. Henning1,430 ft
  7. Woodside Township, Otter Tail County1,430 ft
  8. Inman Township1,430 ft
  9. Henning Township1,410 ft
  10. Oak Valley Township1,400 ft
  11. Vining1,390 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Inspiration Peak1,729 ft
  • Black Peak1,650 ft
  • Mount Nebo1,513 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); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.