Faribault County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Faribault County, Minnesota, shaded from 990 ft on the northwest side to 1,430 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,430 ft 435 m1,320 ft 405 m1,270 ft 385 m1,160 ft 350 m1,040 ft 320 m990 ft 300 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Faribault County averages about 1,120 ft (340 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 990 ft on the northwest side to 1,430 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,120 ft 340 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
990 ft 300 m
on the northwest side

Faribault County spans about 440 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,120 ft340 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,430 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
990 ft300 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Blue Earth.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Faribault County, Minnesota, shaded from 990 ft on the northwest side to 1,430 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
13,886 2024 est.
Land area
712.5 sq mi + 9.4 sq mi water
Density
19 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Freeborn County1,250 ft
  2. Winnebago County, IA1,240 ft
  3. Martin County1,200 ft
  4. Kossuth County, IA1,170 ft
  5. Faribault County1,120 ft
  6. Waseca County1,110 ft
  7. Blue Earth County1,000 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 31 towns in Faribault County by typical elevation
  1. Kiester Township1,260 ft
  2. Kiester1,260 ft
  3. Walters1,250 ft
  4. Foster Township1,180 ft
  5. Bricelyn1,180 ft
  6. Seely Township1,170 ft
  7. Clark Township1,170 ft
  8. Wells1,160 ft
  9. Brush Creek Township1,150 ft
  10. Dunbar Township1,130 ft
  11. Frost1,130 ft
  12. Rome Township1,120 ft
  13. Elmore1,120 ft
  14. Pilot Grove Township1,120 ft
  15. Elmore Township1,110 ft
  16. Emerald Township1,110 ft
  17. Winnebago1,100 ft
  18. Walnut Lake Township1,100 ft
  19. Jo Daviess Township1,100 ft
  20. Barber Township1,100 ft
  21. Prescott Township1,090 ft
  22. Blue Earth City Township1,080 ft
  23. Verona Township1,080 ft
  24. Blue Earth1,080 ft
  25. Winnebago City Township1,070 ft
  26. Delavan1,060 ft
  27. Easton1,060 ft
  28. Delavan Township1,050 ft
  29. Minnesota Lake Township1,050 ft
  30. Minnesota Lake1,050 ft
  31. Lura Township1,040 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.