Monticello, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monticello, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the east side to 1,080 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,080 ft 330 m1,030 ft 315 m1,010 ft 305 m960 ft 295 m920 ft 280 m890 ft 270 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

Monticello sits at about 960 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
960 ft 290 m
most residents: 930–980 ft
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the east side
Highest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the southeast side
Average
950 ft 290 m
all land inside city limits

Monticello spans about 190 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
960 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,080 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
890 ft270 m
Town center
USGS map point for Monticello
930 ft285 m
Average of all land950 ft290 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monticello, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the east side to 1,080 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Wright County, Minnesota, United States
Population
15,482 2024 est.
Land area
9.1 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,693 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.3055° N, 93.7941° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
55362
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maple Lake Township1,000 ft
  2. Buffalo Township1,000 ft
  3. Silver Creek Township990 ft
  4. Silver Creek990 ft
  5. Becker970 ft
  6. Becker Township970 ft
  7. Albertville960 ft
  8. Monticello960 ft
  9. Monticello Township960 ft
  10. Big Lake940 ft
  11. Big Lake Township930 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Hill1,090 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.