Mankato, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mankato, Minnesota, shaded from 750 ft on the north side to 1,030 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m960 ft 295 m930 ft 280 m860 ft 260 m790 ft 240 m750 ft 230 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mankato sits at about 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,000 ft 305 m
most residents: 800–1,000 ft
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the north side
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the east side
Average
940 ft 285 m
all land inside city limits

Mankato spans about 280 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
1,000 ft305 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,030 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
750 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mankato
830 ft250 m
Airport (MKT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
1,021 ft311 m
Average of all land940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mankato, Minnesota, shaded from 750 ft on the north side to 1,030 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Blue Earth and Nicollet counties, Minnesota, United States
Population
46,459 2024 est.
Land area
20.2 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
2,305 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1636° N, 93.9994° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Mankato Regional (MKT) 1,021 ft
ZIP codes 1
56001
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Le Ray Township1,020 ft
  2. Eagle Lake1,010 ft
  3. Mankato1,000 ft
  4. Decoria Township1,000 ft
  5. Belgrade Township990 ft
  6. North Mankato990 ft
  7. Mankato Township980 ft
  8. Skyline980 ft
  9. Lime Township980 ft
  10. Rapidan Township980 ft
  11. South Bend Township850 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Klondike Hill1,180 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.