North Branch, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Branch, Minnesota, shaded from 820 ft on the east side to 940 ft on the north side
Elevation
940 ft 285 m910 ft 275 m890 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m840 ft 255 m820 ft 250 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

North Branch sits at about 900 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
900 ft 275 m
most residents: 880–920 ft
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the east side
Highest
940 ft 285 m
on the north side
Average
890 ft 270 m
all land inside city limits

North Branch spans about 120 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
900 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
940 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
820 ft250 m
Town center
USGS map point for North Branch
900 ft275 m
Average of all land890 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of North Branch, Minnesota, shaded from 820 ft on the east side to 940 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States
Population
12,258 2024 est.
Land area
37.3 sq mi + 0.4 sq mi water
Density
328 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.5114° N, 92.9802° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Saint Croix River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
55032 55056
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Amador Township970 ft
  2. Fish Lake Township940 ft
  3. North Branch Township930 ft
  4. Lindstrom930 ft
  5. Oxford Township920 ft
  6. Harris910 ft
  7. Chisago City910 ft
  8. Martin Lake910 ft
  9. Stacy900 ft
  10. North Branch900 ft
  11. Sunrise Township860 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wild Mountain1,120 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 820 ft at 45.5315° N, 92.9038° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.