Freeborn County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Freeborn County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,140 ft on the northwest side to 1,400 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,400 ft 425 m1,330 ft 405 m1,300 ft 395 m1,240 ft 375 m1,170 ft 355 m1,140 ft 350 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Freeborn County averages about 1,250 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,140 ft on the northwest side to 1,400 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,250 ft 380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,400 ft 425 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,140 ft 350 m
on the northwest side

Freeborn County spans about 260 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 land1,250 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,400 ft425 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,140 ft350 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Albert Lea.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Freeborn County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,140 ft on the northwest side to 1,400 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
30,314 2024 est.
Land area
707.2 sq mi + 15.2 sq mi water
Density
43 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. Mower County1,300 ft
  2. Freeborn County1,250 ft
  3. Winnebago County, IA1,240 ft
  4. Worth County, IA1,220 ft
  5. Steele County1,210 ft
  6. Faribault County1,120 ft
  7. Waseca County1,110 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 34 towns in Freeborn County by typical elevation
  1. Clarks Grove1,310 ft
  2. Conger1,300 ft
  3. Emmons1,290 ft
  4. Pickerel Lake Township1,290 ft
  5. Manchester1,280 ft
  6. Bancroft Township1,280 ft
  7. Manchester Township1,280 ft
  8. Hartland Township1,280 ft
  9. Alden Township1,270 ft
  10. Bath Township1,270 ft
  11. Nunda Township1,270 ft
  12. Alden1,270 ft
  13. City of Twin Lakes1,270 ft
  14. Albert Lea Township1,260 ft
  15. Moscow Township1,250 ft
  16. Mansfield Township1,250 ft
  17. Myrtle1,250 ft
  18. Hartland1,250 ft
  19. Hayward1,250 ft
  20. Newry Township1,250 ft
  21. Hayward Township1,250 ft
  22. Oakland Township1,250 ft
  23. Freeman Township1,240 ft
  24. Albert Lea1,240 ft
  25. Shell Rock Township1,240 ft
  26. Freeborn1,230 ft
  27. Glenville1,230 ft
  28. Carlston Township1,230 ft
  29. Geneva1,230 ft
  30. London Township1,220 ft
  31. Riceland Township1,220 ft
  32. Geneva Township1,210 ft
  33. Hollandale1,210 ft
  34. Freeborn Township1,200 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.
  • 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, 1,140 ft at 43.8263° N, 93.6462° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.