Jackson County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,270 ft on the southeast side to 1,580 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,580 ft 480 m1,500 ft 455 m1,460 ft 445 m1,390 ft 420 m1,310 ft 400 m1,270 ft 385 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

Jackson County averages about 1,430 ft (435 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,270 ft on the southeast side to 1,580 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,430 ft 435 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,580 ft 480 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,270 ft 385 m
on the southeast side

Jackson County spans about 310 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 land1,430 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,580 ft480 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,270 ft385 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Jackson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,270 ft on the southeast side to 1,580 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
9,861 2024 est.
Land area
703.0 sq mi + 16.3 sq mi water
Density
14 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. Nobles County1,600 ft
  2. Osceola County, IA1,530 ft
  3. Dickinson County, IA1,450 ft
  4. Jackson County1,430 ft
  5. Cottonwood County1,350 ft
  6. Emmet County, IA1,300 ft
  7. Martin County1,200 ft
  8. Watonwan County1,090 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 27 towns in Jackson County by typical elevation
  1. Round Lake Township, Jackson County1,510 ft
  2. Ewington Township1,490 ft
  3. Lakefield1,480 ft
  4. Wilder1,480 ft
  5. Hunter Township1,470 ft
  6. Heron Lake Township1,460 ft
  7. Sioux Valley Township1,450 ft
  8. Alba Township1,440 ft
  9. Des Moines Township1,440 ft
  10. Rost Township1,440 ft
  11. Delafield Township1,430 ft
  12. La Crosse Township1,430 ft
  13. Fish Lake1,420 ft
  14. Belmont Township1,420 ft
  15. Weimer Township1,420 ft
  16. West Heron Lake Township1,420 ft
  17. Okabena1,420 ft
  18. Heron Lake1,420 ft
  19. Minneota Township1,420 ft
  20. Christiania Township1,410 ft
  21. Middletown Township1,400 ft
  22. Wisconsin Township1,400 ft
  23. Alpha1,380 ft
  24. Jackson1,380 ft
  25. Petersburg Township1,370 ft
  26. Enterprise Township1,360 ft
  27. Kimball Township1,350 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, 1,270 ft at 43.5046° N, 94.9010° 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.