Medford, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Medford, Minnesota, shaded from 1,070 ft on the northeast side to 1,230 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,230 ft 375 m1,190 ft 365 m1,170 ft 355 m1,130 ft 345 m1,090 ft 330 m1,070 ft 325 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Medford sits at about 1,100 ft (335 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,100 ft 335 m
most residents: 1,090–1,160 ft
Lowest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,230 ft 375 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside city limits

Medford spans about 160 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
1,100 ft335 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,230 ft375 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
1,070 ft325 m
Town center
USGS map point for Medford
1,100 ft335 m
Airport (OWA)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.1 mi south of the city limits
1,145 ft349 m
Average of all land1,130 ft345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Medford, Minnesota, shaded from 1,070 ft on the northeast side to 1,230 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Steele County, Minnesota, United States
Population
1,362 2024 est.
Land area
1.2 sq mi
Density
1,141 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.1741° N, 93.2463° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Owatonna Degner Regional (OWA) 1,145 ft
ZIP codes 1
55049
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Havana Township1,250 ft
  2. Merton Township1,240 ft
  3. Owatonna Township1,210 ft
  4. Richland Township1,210 ft
  5. Owatonna1,200 ft
  6. Clinton Falls Township1,190 ft
  7. Medford Township1,150 ft
  8. Walcott Township1,150 ft
  9. Deerfield Township1,130 ft
  10. Medford1,100 ft
  11. Faribault1,040 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.