Murray County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Murray County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,240 ft on the northeast side to 1,930 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,930 ft 585 m1,750 ft 535 m1,670 ft 510 m1,490 ft 455 m1,320 ft 405 m1,240 ft 375 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
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Murray County averages about 1,600 ft (485 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,240 ft on the northeast side to 1,930 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,600 ft 485 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,930 ft 585 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,240 ft 375 m
on the northeast side

Murray County spans about 690 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 land1,600 ft485 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,930 ft585 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,240 ft375 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Slayton.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Murray County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,240 ft on the northeast side to 1,930 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
8,044 2024 est.
Land area
704.7 sq mi + 14.8 sq mi water
Density
11 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. Pipestone County1,720 ft
  2. Nobles County1,600 ft
  3. Murray County1,600 ft
  4. Rock County1,540 ft
  5. Cottonwood County1,350 ft
  6. Lyon County1,310 ft
  7. Redwood County1,070 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Poverty Hill1,730 ft
All 30 towns in Murray County by typical elevation
  1. Chanarambie Township1,750 ft
  2. Moulton Township1,720 ft
  3. Cameron Township1,710 ft
  4. Fenton Township1,710 ft
  5. Hadley1,700 ft
  6. Ellsborough Township1,690 ft
  7. Chandler1,680 ft
  8. Leeds Township1,670 ft
  9. Lowville Township1,670 ft
  10. Lake Wilson1,660 ft
  11. Skandia Township1,640 ft
  12. Iona Township, Murray County1,640 ft
  13. Iona1,640 ft
  14. Slayton1,600 ft
  15. Slayton Township1,590 ft
  16. Mason Township1,560 ft
  17. Lime Lake Township1,540 ft
  18. Lake Sarah Township1,540 ft
  19. Bondin Township1,540 ft
  20. Avoca1,530 ft
  21. Murray Township1,520 ft
  22. Fulda1,520 ft
  23. Dovray1,520 ft
  24. Currie1,510 ft
  25. The Lakes1,500 ft
  26. Shetek Township1,500 ft
  27. Belfast Township1,490 ft
  28. Des Moines River Township1,490 ft
  29. Dovray Township1,460 ft
  30. Holly Township1,410 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.