Rice Lake, Clearwater County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,580 ft 480 m1,540 ft 470 m1,530 ft 465 m1,490 ft 455 m1,460 ft 445 m1,440 ft 440 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Area
- Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).
Elevation Data
Rice Lake, Clearwater County sits at about 1,490 ft (455 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,490 ft 455 m
most residents: 1,470–1,500 ft
Lowest
1,440 ft 440 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,580 ft 480 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,480 ft 450 m
all land inside the CDP boundary
Rice Lake, Clearwater County spans about 140 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,490 ft455 m |
| Highest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 1,580 ft480 m |
| Lowest point Inside the CDP boundary, on the northwest side | 1,440 ft440 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Rice Lake, Clearwater County | 1,480 ft450 m |
| Average of all land | 1,480 ft450 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
3.2 mi south to north through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States
- Population
- 274 2020 Census
- Land area
- 10.4 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 26 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 47.3902° N, 95.5092° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Wild Rice River → Red River → Canada
- ZIP codes 1
- 56621
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Falk Township1,530 ft
- Minerva Township1,530 ft
- West Roy Lake1,500 ft
- Roy Lake1,500 ft
- Clover Township, Mahnomen County1,500 ft
- South End1,490 ft
- Rice Lake, Clearwater County1,490 ft
- La Prairie Township1,490 ft
- Ebro1,470 ft
- Island Lake Township1,470 ft
- Pine Bend1,450 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Minnesota168th highest of 2,692
- Towns in Clearwater County12th highest of 31
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Jack Pine Hill1,950 ft
- Hogback Hill1,920 ft
- Anchor Hill1,897 ft
- Strawberry Mountain1,840 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
- Rice Lake, Clearwater County is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.