Mason Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mason Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,480 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,730 ft 525 m1,660 ft 505 m1,630 ft 500 m1,570 ft 480 m1,510 ft 460 m1,480 ft 450 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mason Township sits at about 1,560 ft (475 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,560 ft 475 m
most residents: 1,490–1,670 ft
Lowest
1,480 ft 450 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,730 ft 525 m
on the west side
Average
1,600 ft 490 m
all land inside township boundaries

Mason Township spans about 250 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
1,560 ft475 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,730 ft525 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,480 ft450 m
Airport (DVP)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.4 mi south of the township boundaries
1,623 ft495 m
Average of all land1,600 ft490 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Mason Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mason Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,480 ft on the northeast side to 1,730 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Murray County, Minnesota, United States
Population
279 2024 est.
Land area
34.7 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
8.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.0801° N, 95.7534° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Des Moines River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Slayton Municipal (DVP) 1,623 ft
ZIP codes 1
56172
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hadley1,700 ft
  2. Lowville Township1,670 ft
  3. Skandia Township1,640 ft
  4. Slayton1,600 ft
  5. Slayton Township1,590 ft
  6. Mason Township1,560 ft
  7. Lake Sarah Township1,540 ft
  8. Murray Township1,520 ft
  9. Currie1,510 ft
  10. The Lakes1,500 ft
  11. Shetek Township1,500 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Stony Point1,970 ft
  • Poverty Hill1,730 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.