Mower County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mower County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,130 ft on the southwest side to 1,440 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,440 ft 440 m1,360 ft 415 m1,320 ft 405 m1,250 ft 380 m1,170 ft 355 m1,130 ft 345 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
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
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mower County averages about 1,300 ft (395 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,130 ft on the southwest side to 1,440 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,300 ft 395 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the southwest side

Mower County spans about 310 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 land1,300 ft395 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,440 ft440 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,130 ft345 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Austin.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mower County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,130 ft on the southwest side to 1,440 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
40,900 2024 est.
Land area
711.3 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
58 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. Mower County1,300 ft
  2. Dodge County1,250 ft
  3. Howard County, IA1,250 ft
  4. Freeborn County1,250 ft
  5. Worth County, IA1,220 ft
  6. Steele County1,210 ft
  7. Mitchell County, IA1,190 ft
  8. Fillmore County1,190 ft
  9. Olmsted County1,170 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 35 towns in Mower County by typical elevation
  1. Dexter1,410 ft
  2. Clayton Township1,400 ft
  3. Elkton1,390 ft
  4. Sargeant1,390 ft
  5. Bennington Township1,360 ft
  6. Dexter Township1,360 ft
  7. Grand Meadow Township1,350 ft
  8. Lodi Township1,350 ft
  9. Taopi1,350 ft
  10. Grand Meadow1,340 ft
  11. Sargeant Township1,340 ft
  12. Marshall Township1,330 ft
  13. Pleasant Valley Township1,330 ft
  14. Waltham1,320 ft
  15. Frankford Township1,310 ft
  16. Waltham Township1,310 ft
  17. Racine1,300 ft
  18. Le Roy Township1,300 ft
  19. Racine Township1,300 ft
  20. Adams1,290 ft
  21. Brownsdale1,290 ft
  22. Le Roy1,280 ft
  23. Adams Township1,280 ft
  24. Udolpho Township1,260 ft
  25. Red Rock Township1,250 ft
  26. Rose Creek1,250 ft
  27. Windom Township1,240 ft
  28. Nevada Township1,230 ft
  29. Lansing Township1,230 ft
  30. Lansing1,230 ft
  31. Austin1,210 ft
  32. Mapleview1,210 ft
  33. Austin Township1,200 ft
  34. Lyle1,200 ft
  35. Lyle Township1,190 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.