Ransom Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ransom Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,520 ft on the south side to 1,700 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,700 ft 520 m1,660 ft 505 m1,630 ft 500 m1,590 ft 485 m1,540 ft 470 m1,520 ft 465 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
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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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Ransom Township sits at about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,580–1,680 ft
Lowest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the south side
Highest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the east side
Average
1,630 ft 495 m
all land inside township boundaries

Ransom Township spans about 180 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
1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
1,700 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
1,520 ft465 m
Town center
USGS map point for Ransom Township
1,620 ft495 m
Average of all land1,630 ft495 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Ransom Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,520 ft on the south side to 1,700 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Population
200 2024 est.
Land area
36.4 sq mi
Density
5.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.5439° N, 95.7942° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Little Rock River → Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
56117 56168
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Dewald Township1,670 ft
  2. Rushmore1,660 ft
  3. Bigelow1,650 ft
  4. Ransom Township1,640 ft
  5. Worthington Township1,630 ft
  6. Bigelow Township1,610 ft
  7. Olney Township1,610 ft
  8. Little Rock Township1,590 ft
  9. Adrian1,570 ft
  10. Sibley, IA1,530 ft
  11. Little Rock, IA1,510 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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.