Olmsted County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Olmsted County, Minnesota, shaded from 800 ft on the east side to 1,380 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,380 ft 420 m1,230 ft 375 m1,160 ft 355 m1,020 ft 310 m870 ft 265 m800 ft 245 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
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

Olmsted County averages about 1,170 ft (355 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 800 ft on the east side to 1,380 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,170 ft 355 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,380 ft 420 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the east side

Olmsted County spans about 580 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 land1,170 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,380 ft420 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, south to north

25 mi south to north through Rochester.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Olmsted County, Minnesota, shaded from 800 ft on the east side to 1,380 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
166,424 2024 est.
Land area
653.5 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
255 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. Fillmore County1,190 ft
  4. Olmsted County1,170 ft
  5. Winona County1,090 ft
  6. Goodhue County1,060 ft
  7. Wabasha County1,010 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Chance Hollow Hill1,320 ft
All 28 towns in Olmsted County by typical elevation
  1. Eyota Township1,280 ft
  2. Eyota1,270 ft
  3. Pleasant Grove Township1,260 ft
  4. Rock Dell Township1,240 ft
  5. Viola Township1,240 ft
  6. High Forest Township1,240 ft
  7. Stewartville1,240 ft
  8. High Forest1,230 ft
  9. Byron1,230 ft
  10. Dover Township1,210 ft
  11. Haverhill Township1,210 ft
  12. Marion1,210 ft
  13. Elmira Township1,200 ft
  14. Rochester Township1,190 ft
  15. Orion Township1,190 ft
  16. Marion Township1,180 ft
  17. Kalmar Township1,180 ft
  18. Dover1,170 ft
  19. Salem Township1,160 ft
  20. Quincy Township1,120 ft
  21. Farmington Township1,120 ft
  22. New Haven Township1,060 ft
  23. Rochester1,050 ft
  24. Cascade Township1,040 ft
  25. Chatfield partly1,030 ft
  26. Oronoco Township1,020 ft
  27. Pine Island partly1,010 ft
  28. Oronoco990 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.