Helena Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Helena Township, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the north side to 1,050 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m1,000 ft 305 m970 ft 295 m930 ft 280 m880 ft 270 m850 ft 260 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

Helena Township sits at about 960 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
960 ft 290 m
most residents: 910–980 ft
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the north side
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the southeast side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside township boundaries

Helena Township spans about 200 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
960 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
850 ft260 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

4.8 mi south to north through the middle of Helena Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Helena Township, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the north side to 1,050 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Scott County, Minnesota, United States
Population
1,796 2024 est.
Land area
32.7 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
55 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.5840° N, 93.5703° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
55352 56011 56071
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lanesburgh Township1,030 ft
  2. Heidelberg1,020 ft
  3. Derrynane Township1,010 ft
  4. New Prague1,000 ft
  5. Cedar Lake Township980 ft
  6. Belle Plaine Township970 ft
  7. Spring Lake Township960 ft
  8. Helena Township960 ft
  9. Sand Creek Township920 ft
  10. Jordan810 ft
  11. St. Lawrence Township810 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Buck Hill1,200 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.