Little Elbow Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Little Elbow Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the north side to 1,800 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,800 ft 550 m1,710 ft 525 m1,670 ft 510 m1,580 ft 480 m1,490 ft 455 m1,450 ft 440 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Little Elbow Township sits at about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,450–1,590 ft
Lowest
1,450 ft 440 m
on the north side
Highest
1,800 ft 550 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside township boundaries

Little Elbow Township spans about 350 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
1,490 ft455 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,800 ft550 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,450 ft440 m
Average of all land1,590 ft485 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Little Elbow Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Little Elbow Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,450 ft on the north side to 1,800 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States
Population
284 2024 est.
Land area
31.3 sq mi + 4.5 sq mi water
Density
9.1 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.1818° N, 95.6425° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wild Rice River → Red River → Canada
ZIP codes 2
56566 56589
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Elbow Lake, Becker County1,560 ft
  2. Eagle View Township1,550 ft
  3. Oakland Township, Mahnomen County1,500 ft
  4. West Roy Lake1,500 ft
  5. Naytahwaush1,500 ft
  6. Twin Lakes Township, Mahnomen County1,500 ft
  7. Little Elbow Township1,490 ft
  8. Maple Grove Township, Becker County1,490 ft
  9. Twin Lakes1,450 ft
  10. The Ranch1,450 ft
  11. La Garde Township1,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Jack Pine Hill1,950 ft
  • Norris Hill1,920 ft
  • Hogback Hill1,920 ft
  • Anchor Hill1,897 ft
  • Strawberry Mountain1,840 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.