Pelican Rapids, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southwest side to 1,390 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,390 ft 425 m1,360 ft 415 m1,350 ft 410 m1,320 ft 405 m1,300 ft 395 m1,290 ft 390 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Pelican Rapids sits at about 1,330 ft (405 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,330 ft 405 m
most residents: 1,310–1,350 ft
Lowest
1,290 ft 390 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the north side
Average
1,330 ft 405 m
all land inside city limits

Pelican Rapids spans about 100 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
1,330 ft405 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,390 ft425 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
1,290 ft390 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pelican Rapids
1,310 ft400 m
Average of all land1,330 ft405 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.2 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, shaded from 1,290 ft on the southwest side to 1,390 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States
Population
2,594 2024 est.
Land area
2.6 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
1,004 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.5708° N, 96.0831° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Red River → Canada
ZIP codes 1
56572
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Maplewood Township1,400 ft
  2. Tansem Township1,350 ft
  3. Lida Township1,350 ft
  4. Scambler Township1,340 ft
  5. Dunn Township1,340 ft
  6. Erhards Grove Township1,340 ft
  7. Pelican Township1,340 ft
  8. Pelican Rapids1,330 ft
  9. Norwegian Grove Township1,330 ft
  10. Trondhjem Township1,320 ft
  11. Erhard1,290 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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.