Le Sueur County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Le Sueur County, Minnesota, shaded from 720 ft on the northwest side to 1,190 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,190 ft 365 m1,080 ft 330 m1,020 ft 310 m900 ft 275 m780 ft 240 m720 ft 220 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
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

Le Sueur County averages about 1,010 ft (310 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 720 ft on the northwest side to 1,190 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
1,010 ft 310 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,190 ft 365 m
on the south side
Lowest
720 ft 220 m
on the northwest side

Le Sueur County spans about 470 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 land1,010 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,190 ft365 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
720 ft220 m

Elevation profile, west to east

19 mi west to east through Le Sueur.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Le Sueur County, Minnesota, shaded from 720 ft on the northwest side to 1,190 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
29,458 2024 est.
Land area
448.8 sq mi + 25.2 sq mi water
Density
66 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. Waseca County1,110 ft
  2. Rice County1,080 ft
  3. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  4. Sibley County1,000 ft
  5. Blue Earth County1,000 ft
  6. Nicollet County970 ft
  7. Scott County940 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Klondike Hill1,180 ft
All 24 towns in Le Sueur County by typical elevation
  1. Montgomery Township1,070 ft
  2. Le Center1,060 ft
  3. Montgomery1,060 ft
  4. Kilkenny1,060 ft
  5. Waterville Township1,060 ft
  6. Kilkenny Township1,050 ft
  7. Cordova Township1,050 ft
  8. Lexington Township1,040 ft
  9. Cleveland Township1,040 ft
  10. Elysian1,040 ft
  11. Cleveland1,040 ft
  12. Elysian Township1,030 ft
  13. Lanesburgh Township1,030 ft
  14. Washington Township1,020 ft
  15. Heidelberg1,020 ft
  16. Waterville1,020 ft
  17. Derrynane Township1,010 ft
  18. New Prague partly1,000 ft
  19. Sharon Township990 ft
  20. Kasota Township980 ft
  21. Tyrone Township970 ft
  22. Ottawa Township870 ft
  23. Le Sueur830 ft
  24. Kasota810 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, 710 ft at 44.3874° N, 93.9310° 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.