Erie Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Erie Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southwest side to 1,630 ft on Detroit Mountain
Elevation
1,630 ft 500 m1,570 ft 480 m1,540 ft 470 m1,470 ft 450 m1,400 ft 430 m1,370 ft 420 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Erie Township sits at about 1,470 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,470 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,420–1,510 ft
Lowest
1,370 ft 420 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,630 ft 500 m
on Detroit Mountain
Average
1,470 ft 450 m
all land inside township boundaries

Erie Township spans about 260 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
1,470 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Detroit Mountain
1,630 ft500 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,370 ft420 m
Airport (DTL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.1 mi west of the township boundaries
1,396 ft426 m
Average of all land1,470 ft450 m

Elevation profile, west to east

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Erie Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,370 ft on the southwest side to 1,630 ft on Detroit Mountain
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Becker County, Minnesota, United States
Population
1,735 2024 est.
Land area
32.3 sq mi + 4.1 sq mi water
Density
54 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.8395° N, 95.7211° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Otter Tail River → Red River → Canada
Airport
Detroit Lakes/Wething Field (DTL) 1,396 ft
ZIP codes 3
56501 56544 56578
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Height of Land Township1,490 ft
  2. Holmesville Township1,480 ft
  3. Erie Township1,470 ft
  4. Silver Leaf Township1,440 ft
  5. Richwood Township1,440 ft
  6. Burlington Township1,420 ft
  7. Frazee1,400 ft
  8. Detroit Township1,380 ft
  9. Hobart Township1,380 ft
  10. Detroit Lakes1,360 ft
  11. Lake View Township1,350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Toad Mountain1,760 ft
  • Detroit Mountain1,630 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.