Essig, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,030 ft 315 m1,020 ft 310 m1,010 ft 310 m1,000 ft 305 m1,000 ft 305 m990 ft 305 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.
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.
Area: Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Essig sits at about 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)

1,000 ft 305 m

few residents

Lowest

990 ft 300 m

on the east side

Highest

1,010 ft 310 m

on the north side

Average

1,000 ft 305 m

all land inside the CDP boundary

Essig is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

Figure	Elevation
Typical (all land) Median of all land; too few residents to weight by	1,000 ft305 m
Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the north side	1,010 ft310 m
Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the east side	990 ft300 m
Town center USGS map point for Essig	1,010 ft305 m
Airport (ULM) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.5 mi east of the CDP boundary	1,011 ft308 m
Average of all land	1,000 ft305 m

Topographic Map

Location: Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Brown County, Minnesota, United States
Population: 49 2020 Census
Land area: 0.6 sq mi
Density: 76 per sq mi
Coordinates: 44.3241° N, 94.6044° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Central Lowland
Drains to: Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport: New Ulm Municipal (ULM) 1,011 ft
ZIP codes 2: 56030 56073

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Prairieville Township1,020 ft
Sleepy Eye1,020 ft
Stark Township1,010 ft
Home Township1,000 ft
Essig1,000 ft
Lafayette Township1,000 ft
Milford Township1,000 ft
Sigel Township990 ft
West Newton Township990 ft
Ridgely Township990 ft
New Ulm890 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Minnesota2,132nd highest of 2,692
Towns in Brown County19th highest of 25

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Fort Hill1,060 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the CDP boundary; too few residents live here to weight by people.
Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 990 ft at 44.3268° N, 94.5946° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
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.
Essig is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.