Morrison County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morrison County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,020 ft on the south side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,400 ft 430 m1,340 ft 410 m1,210 ft 370 m1,090 ft 330 m1,020 ft 310 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Morrison County averages about 1,220 ft (370 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,020 ft on the south side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,220 ft 370 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,020 ft 310 m
on the south side

Morrison County spans about 510 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land1,220 ft370 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,530 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,020 ft310 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Little Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Morrison County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,020 ft on the south side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
34,520 2024 est.
Land area
1,125.1 sq mi + 28.3 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Cass County1,340 ft
  2. Todd County1,330 ft
  3. Crow Wing County1,260 ft
  4. Morrison County1,220 ft
  5. Stearns County1,200 ft
  6. Mille Lacs County1,170 ft
  7. Benton County1,120 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 46 towns in Morrison County by typical elevation
  1. Hillman1,320 ft
  2. Hillman Township, Morrison County1,310 ft
  3. Leigh Township1,310 ft
  4. Mount Morris Township1,300 ft
  5. Morrill Township1,290 ft
  6. Granite Township1,290 ft
  7. Scandia Valley Township1,290 ft
  8. Richardson Township1,290 ft
  9. Cushing Township1,280 ft
  10. Pulaski Township1,270 ft
  11. Harding1,260 ft
  12. Platte Township1,250 ft
  13. Lakin Township1,240 ft
  14. Lastrup1,240 ft
  15. Motley1,230 ft
  16. Culdrum Township1,220 ft
  17. Motley Township1,220 ft
  18. Buckman1,220 ft
  19. Parker Township1,220 ft
  20. Pierz Township1,220 ft
  21. Swanville Township1,220 ft
  22. Rosing Township1,220 ft
  23. Ripley Township1,210 ft
  24. Upsala1,210 ft
  25. Elmdale Township1,200 ft
  26. Buckman Township1,200 ft
  27. Flensburg1,200 ft
  28. Buh Township1,190 ft
  29. Swanville1,190 ft
  30. Randall1,180 ft
  31. Darling Township1,180 ft
  32. Pierz1,170 ft
  33. Elmdale1,160 ft
  34. Genola1,160 ft
  35. Sobieski1,160 ft
  36. Swan River Township1,150 ft
  37. Belle Prairie Township1,150 ft
  38. Pike Creek Township1,140 ft
  39. Agram Township1,140 ft
  40. Green Prairie Township1,130 ft
  41. Little Falls Township1,120 ft
  42. Little Falls1,120 ft
  43. Bowlus1,110 ft
  44. Two Rivers Township1,110 ft
  45. Bellevue Township1,100 ft
  46. Royalton1,080 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.