Nobles County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nobles County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,400 ft on the southwest side to 1,810 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,810 ft 550 m1,710 ft 520 m1,660 ft 505 m1,550 ft 475 m1,450 ft 445 m1,400 ft 430 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

Nobles County averages about 1,600 ft (485 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,400 ft on the southwest side to 1,810 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,600 ft 485 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,810 ft 550 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,400 ft 430 m
on the southwest side

Nobles County spans about 410 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 northwest side
1,810 ft550 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,400 ft430 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Worthington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Nobles County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,400 ft on the southwest side to 1,810 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
21,969 2024 est.
Land area
715.1 sq mi + 7.4 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. Nobles County1,600 ft
  2. Murray County1,600 ft
  3. Rock County1,540 ft
  4. Osceola County, IA1,530 ft
  5. Jackson County1,430 ft
  6. Lyon County, IA1,410 ft
  7. Cottonwood County1,350 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 32 towns in Nobles County by typical elevation
  1. Wilmont Township1,730 ft
  2. Wilmont1,720 ft
  3. Leota1,710 ft
  4. Summit Lake Township1,700 ft
  5. Leota Township1,700 ft
  6. Lismore1,690 ft
  7. Larkin Township1,680 ft
  8. Dewald Township1,670 ft
  9. Rushmore1,660 ft
  10. Bigelow1,650 ft
  11. Ransom Township1,640 ft
  12. Bloom Township1,640 ft
  13. Worthington Township1,630 ft
  14. Lismore Township1,620 ft
  15. Bigelow Township1,610 ft
  16. Olney Township1,610 ft
  17. Elk Township1,600 ft
  18. Little Rock Township1,590 ft
  19. Worthington1,580 ft
  20. Indian Lake Township1,570 ft
  21. Adrian1,570 ft
  22. Round Lake1,560 ft
  23. Westside Township1,550 ft
  24. Lorain Township1,550 ft
  25. Seward Township1,530 ft
  26. Hersey Township1,500 ft
  27. Grand Prairie Township1,490 ft
  28. Brewster1,480 ft
  29. Graham Lakes Township1,470 ft
  30. Kinbrae1,460 ft
  31. Ellsworth1,450 ft
  32. Dundee1,450 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.