Monroe Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the northeast side to 1,560 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,560 ft 475 m1,480 ft 450 m1,430 ft 435 m1,350 ft 410 m1,260 ft 385 m1,220 ft 370 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

Monroe Township sits at about 1,420 ft (435 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,420 ft 435 m
most residents: 1,270–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,560 ft 475 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,410 ft 430 m
all land inside township boundaries

Monroe Township spans about 340 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
1,420 ft435 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,560 ft475 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,220 ft370 m
Airport (TKC)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi northeast of the township boundaries
1,336 ft407 m
Average of all land1,410 ft430 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.1 mi south to north through the middle of Monroe Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the northeast side to 1,560 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States
Population
184 2024 est.
Land area
33.7 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
5.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2319° N, 95.6500° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Cottonwood River → Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tracy Municipal (TKC) 1,336 ft
ZIP codes 2
56132 56175
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Sarah Township1,540 ft
  2. Garvin1,530 ft
  3. Custer Township1,520 ft
  4. The Lakes1,500 ft
  5. Shetek Township1,500 ft
  6. Monroe Township1,420 ft
  7. Holly Township1,410 ft
  8. Tracy1,390 ft
  9. Springdale Township1,270 ft
  10. Amiret Township1,220 ft
  11. Gales Township1,150 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • 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.