Great Bend Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Great Bend Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southeast side to 1,550 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,550 ft 470 m1,500 ft 455 m1,470 ft 450 m1,420 ft 430 m1,360 ft 415 m1,340 ft 410 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

Great Bend Township sits at about 1,430 ft (435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,430 ft 435 m
most residents: 1,370–1,460 ft
Lowest
1,340 ft 405 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,550 ft 470 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,420 ft 435 m
all land inside township boundaries

Great Bend Township spans about 210 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
1,430 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,550 ft470 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,340 ft405 m
Airport (MWM)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,411 ft430 m
Average of all land1,420 ft435 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Great Bend Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Great Bend Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southeast side to 1,550 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States
Population
303 2024 est.
Land area
31.0 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
9.8 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.8951° N, 95.1498° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Des Moines River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Windom Municipal (MWM) 1,411 ft
ZIP codes 1
56101
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wilder1,480 ft
  2. Dale Township1,450 ft
  3. Springfield Township1,430 ft
  4. Delafield Township1,430 ft
  5. Great Bend Township1,430 ft
  6. Fish Lake1,420 ft
  7. Bingham Lake1,420 ft
  8. Christiania Township1,410 ft
  9. Lakeside Township, Cottonwood County1,400 ft
  10. Carson Township1,400 ft
  11. Windom1,370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.