Rice County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice County, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the northeast side to 1,270 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,270 ft 390 m1,180 ft 360 m1,130 ft 345 m1,030 ft 315 m930 ft 285 m890 ft 270 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

Rice County averages about 1,080 ft (330 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 890 ft on the northeast side to 1,270 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,080 ft 330 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the northeast side

Rice County spans about 380 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 land1,080 ft330 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,270 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
890 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Faribault.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rice County, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the northeast side to 1,270 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
69,025 2024 est.
Land area
495.8 sq mi + 20.1 sq mi water
Density
139 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. Dodge County1,250 ft
  2. Steele County1,210 ft
  3. Waseca County1,110 ft
  4. Rice County1,080 ft
  5. Goodhue County1,060 ft
  6. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  7. Scott County940 ft
  8. Dakota County920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 22 towns in Rice County by typical elevation
  1. Richland Township1,210 ft
  2. Nerstrand1,190 ft
  3. Wheeling Township1,180 ft
  4. Walcott Township1,150 ft
  5. Cannon City Township1,130 ft
  6. Shieldsville Township1,110 ft
  7. Lonsdale1,100 ft
  8. Erin Township1,090 ft
  9. Wheatland Township1,070 ft
  10. Webster Township1,070 ft
  11. Morristown Township1,060 ft
  12. Forest Township1,060 ft
  13. Faribault1,040 ft
  14. Wells Township1,030 ft
  15. Bridgewater Township1,020 ft
  16. Warsaw Township1,010 ft
  17. Morristown1,010 ft
  18. Northfield Township1,010 ft
  19. Dennison partly1,000 ft
  20. Warsaw990 ft
  21. Dundas970 ft
  22. Northfield960 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.