Nicollet County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nicollet County, Minnesota, shaded from 720 ft on the northeast side to 1,060 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m980 ft 300 m930 ft 285 m850 ft 260 m770 ft 235 m720 ft 220 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Nicollet County averages about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 720 ft on the northeast side to 1,060 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
970 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
720 ft 220 m
on the northeast side

Nicollet County spans about 340 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 land970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,060 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
720 ft220 m

Elevation profile, south to north

20 mi south to north through North Mankato.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nicollet County, Minnesota, shaded from 720 ft on the northeast side to 1,060 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
34,493 2024 est.
Land area
448.3 sq mi + 18.3 sq mi water
Density
77 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. Renville County1,060 ft
  2. Brown County1,020 ft
  3. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  4. Sibley County1,000 ft
  5. Blue Earth County1,000 ft
  6. Nicollet County970 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 18 towns in Nicollet County by typical elevation
  1. Lafayette1,010 ft
  2. Lafayette Township1,000 ft
  3. West Newton Township990 ft
  4. Bernadotte Township990 ft
  5. Belgrade Township990 ft
  6. Courtland Township990 ft
  7. North Mankato990 ft
  8. Ridgely Township990 ft
  9. Brighton Township990 ft
  10. Nicollet990 ft
  11. New Sweden Township980 ft
  12. Oshawa Township980 ft
  13. Granby Township980 ft
  14. Nicollet Township980 ft
  15. Traverse Township980 ft
  16. Lake Prairie Township960 ft
  17. Courtland870 ft
  18. St. Peter850 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.