Pipestone County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pipestone County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,530 ft on the southeast side to 2,000 ft on the north side
Elevation
2,000 ft 610 m1,880 ft 575 m1,820 ft 555 m1,710 ft 520 m1,590 ft 485 m1,530 ft 470 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

Pipestone County averages about 1,720 ft (525 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,530 ft on the southeast side to 2,000 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,720 ft 525 m
all land inside the county
Highest
2,000 ft 610 m
on the north side
Lowest
1,530 ft 470 m
on the southeast side

Pipestone County spans about 470 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 land1,720 ft525 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
2,000 ft610 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,530 ft470 m

Elevation profile, west to east

19 mi west to east through Pipestone.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pipestone County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,530 ft on the southeast side to 2,000 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
9,100 2024 est.
Land area
465.1 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
20 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. Pipestone County1,720 ft
  2. Lincoln County1,700 ft
  3. Moody County, SD1,630 ft
  4. Murray County1,600 ft
  5. Rock County1,540 ft
  6. Lyon County1,310 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Stony Point1,970 ft
All 21 towns in Pipestone County by typical elevation
  1. Woodstock1,820 ft
  2. Rock Township1,800 ft
  3. Fountain Prairie Township1,790 ft
  4. Aetna Township1,790 ft
  5. Holland1,780 ft
  6. Grange Township1,760 ft
  7. Gray Township1,740 ft
  8. Ruthton1,730 ft
  9. Altona Township1,720 ft
  10. Pipestone1,720 ft
  11. Hatfield1,700 ft
  12. Trosky1,700 ft
  13. Elmer Township1,700 ft
  14. Burke Township1,690 ft
  15. Troy Township, Pipestone County1,670 ft
  16. Eden Township1,660 ft
  17. Sweet Township1,660 ft
  18. Ihlen1,650 ft
  19. Osborne Township1,620 ft
  20. Edgerton1,580 ft
  21. Jasper1,570 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.