Kanabec County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kanabec County, Minnesota, shaded from 940 ft on the southeast side to 1,320 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,320 ft 400 m1,230 ft 375 m1,180 ft 360 m1,080 ft 330 m990 ft 300 m940 ft 285 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kanabec County averages about 1,080 ft (330 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 940 ft on the southeast side to 1,320 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,080 ft 330 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,320 ft 400 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
940 ft 285 m
on the southeast side

Kanabec County spans about 380 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 land1,080 ft330 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,320 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Mora.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kanabec County, Minnesota, shaded from 940 ft on the southeast side to 1,320 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
16,608 2024 est.
Land area
521.6 sq mi + 12.1 sq mi water
Density
32 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. Aitkin County1,270 ft
  2. Mille Lacs County1,170 ft
  3. Kanabec County1,080 ft
  4. Pine County1,070 ft
  5. Isanti County950 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Kanabec County by typical elevation
  1. Hay Brook Township1,240 ft
  2. Ford Township1,190 ft
  3. Hillman Township1,190 ft
  4. Kroschel Township1,140 ft
  5. Ann Lake Township1,130 ft
  6. Pomroy Township1,080 ft
  7. Peace Township1,080 ft
  8. Kanabec Township1,060 ft
  9. Knife Lake Township1,050 ft
  10. Whited Township1,040 ft
  11. Ogilvie1,040 ft
  12. Quamba1,020 ft
  13. South Fork Township1,010 ft
  14. Comfort Township1,010 ft
  15. Arthur Township1,000 ft
  16. Mora1,000 ft
  17. Brunswick Township970 ft
  18. Grass Lake Township960 ft
  19. Grasston960 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.
  • 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.