Lincoln County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lincoln County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,160 ft on the northeast side to 2,000 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
2,000 ft 610 m1,790 ft 545 m1,680 ft 515 m1,480 ft 450 m1,270 ft 385 m1,160 ft 355 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

Lincoln County averages about 1,700 ft (520 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,160 ft on the northeast side to 2,000 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,700 ft 520 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,000 ft 610 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,160 ft 355 m
on the northeast side

Lincoln County spans about 840 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 land1,700 ft520 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
2,000 ft610 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,160 ft355 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Tyler.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lincoln County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,160 ft on the northeast side to 2,000 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
5,564 2024 est.
Land area
536.8 sq mi + 11.6 sq mi water
Density
10 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. Deuel County, SD1,770 ft
  2. Brookings County, SD1,720 ft
  3. Pipestone County1,720 ft
  4. Lincoln County1,700 ft
  5. Lyon County1,310 ft
  6. Yellow Medicine County1,120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 20 towns in Lincoln County by typical elevation
  1. Drammen Township1,910 ft
  2. Verdi Township1,820 ft
  3. Lake Benton Township1,800 ft
  4. Shaokatan Township1,800 ft
  5. Lake Benton1,800 ft
  6. Hendricks1,780 ft
  7. Hendricks Township1,770 ft
  8. Diamond Lake Township1,760 ft
  9. Tyler1,740 ft
  10. Hope Township1,740 ft
  11. Ash Lake Township1,720 ft
  12. Marshfield Township1,710 ft
  13. Arco1,690 ft
  14. Hansonville Township1,690 ft
  15. Ivanhoe1,680 ft
  16. Royal Township1,670 ft
  17. Lake Stay Township1,650 ft
  18. Marble Township1,570 ft
  19. Limestone Township1,540 ft
  20. Alta Vista Township1,360 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.