Houston Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Houston Township, Minnesota, shaded from 660 ft on the east side to 1,330 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,330 ft 405 m1,170 ft 355 m1,080 ft 330 m910 ft 280 m750 ft 225 m660 ft 200 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

Houston Township sits at about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
900 ft 275 m
most residents: 690–1,100 ft
Lowest
660 ft 200 m
on the east side
Highest
1,330 ft 405 m
on the north side
Average
880 ft 270 m
all land inside township boundaries

Houston Township spans about 670 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
900 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,330 ft405 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
660 ft200 m
Average of all land880 ft270 m

Elevation profile, south to north

7.0 mi south to north through the middle of Houston Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Houston Township, Minnesota, shaded from 660 ft on the east side to 1,330 ft on the north side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States
Population
390 2024 est.
Land area
32.9 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
12 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7813° N, 91.5573° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
55943
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pleasant Hill Township1,260 ft
  2. Wiscoy Township1,230 ft
  3. New Hartford Township1,150 ft
  4. Union Township1,090 ft
  5. Yucatan Township1,050 ft
  6. Sheldon Township1,040 ft
  7. Mound Prairie Township1,010 ft
  8. Houston Township900 ft
  9. Money Creek Township890 ft
  10. Rushford750 ft
  11. Houston680 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Black Hammer Bluff1,260 ft
  • Stockton Hill1,230 ft
  • Fairy Rock1,170 ft
  • Cushings Peak1,050 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.