Lyon County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lyon County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,050 ft on the northeast side to 1,750 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,750 ft 535 m1,570 ft 480 m1,490 ft 455 m1,310 ft 400 m1,140 ft 345 m1,050 ft 320 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

Lyon County averages about 1,310 ft (400 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,050 ft on the northeast side to 1,750 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,310 ft 400 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,750 ft 530 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the northeast side

Lyon County spans about 700 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 land1,310 ft400 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,750 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,050 ft320 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Marshall.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lyon County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,050 ft on the northeast side to 1,750 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
25,577 2024 est.
Land area
714.4 sq mi + 7.3 sq mi water
Density
36 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. Pipestone County1,720 ft
  2. Lincoln County1,700 ft
  3. Murray County1,600 ft
  4. Lyon County1,310 ft
  5. Yellow Medicine County1,120 ft
  6. Redwood County1,070 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 31 towns in Lyon County by typical elevation
  1. Florence1,720 ft
  2. Shelburne Township1,670 ft
  3. Coon Creek Township1,600 ft
  4. Balaton1,550 ft
  5. Rock Lake Township1,540 ft
  6. Garvin1,530 ft
  7. Russell1,530 ft
  8. Custer Township1,520 ft
  9. Lyons Township, Lyon County1,510 ft
  10. Island Lake Township, Lyon County1,490 ft
  11. Monroe Township1,420 ft
  12. Tracy1,390 ft
  13. Sodus Township1,350 ft
  14. Lynd Township1,290 ft
  15. Nordland Township, Lyon County1,290 ft
  16. Lynd1,280 ft
  17. Amiret Township1,220 ft
  18. Lake Marshall Township1,190 ft
  19. Taunton1,170 ft
  20. Eidsvold Township1,170 ft
  21. Grandview Township1,170 ft
  22. Minneota1,170 ft
  23. Marshall1,160 ft
  24. Ghent1,160 ft
  25. Clifton Township1,130 ft
  26. Fairview Township, Lyon County1,120 ft
  27. Westerheim Township1,120 ft
  28. Vallers Township1,100 ft
  29. Stanley Township1,100 ft
  30. Lucas Township1,080 ft
  31. Cottonwood1,080 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, 1,040 ft at 44.6160° N, 95.6101° 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.