Roseau County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roseau County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,010 ft on the west side to 1,270 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,270 ft 385 m1,210 ft 365 m1,170 ft 355 m1,110 ft 340 m1,040 ft 320 m1,010 ft 310 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
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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Roseau County averages about 1,090 ft (335 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,010 ft on the west side to 1,270 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,090 ft 335 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,270 ft 385 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
1,010 ft 310 m
on the west side

Roseau County spans about 260 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 land1,090 ft335 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,270 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,010 ft310 m

Elevation profile, south to north

32 mi south to north through Roseau.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Roseau County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,010 ft on the west 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
15,265 2024 est.
Land area
1,671.7 sq mi + 6.5 sq mi water
Density
9.1 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Beltrami County1,270 ft
  2. Lake of the Woods County1,170 ft
  3. Roseau County1,090 ft
  4. Marshall County1,020 ft
  5. Kittson County910 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Minnesota Hill1,110 ft
All 39 towns in Roseau County by typical elevation
  1. Reine Township1,200 ft
  2. Poplar Grove Township1,200 ft
  3. Golden Valley Township1,160 ft
  4. Roosevelt1,150 ft
  5. Palmville Township1,150 ft
  6. Huss Township1,140 ft
  7. Beaver Township, Roseau County1,140 ft
  8. Grimstad Township1,130 ft
  9. Nereson Township1,130 ft
  10. Strathcona1,120 ft
  11. Laona Township1,120 ft
  12. Falun Township1,110 ft
  13. Mickinock Township1,100 ft
  14. Deer Township1,100 ft
  15. Barnett Township1,100 ft
  16. Moranville Township1,090 ft
  17. Stokes Township1,090 ft
  18. Cedarbend Township1,090 ft
  19. Enstrom Township1,080 ft
  20. Stafford Township1,080 ft
  21. Malung Township1,080 ft
  22. Lind Township1,080 ft
  23. Badger1,080 ft
  24. Lake Township1,080 ft
  25. Warroad1,070 ft
  26. Greenbush1,070 ft
  27. Ross Township1,070 ft
  28. Skagen Township1,060 ft
  29. Hereim Township1,060 ft
  30. Jadis Township1,060 ft
  31. Spruce Township1,060 ft
  32. Roseau1,050 ft
  33. Dewey Township1,040 ft
  34. Dieter Township1,040 ft
  35. Moose Township1,040 ft
  36. Barto Township1,030 ft
  37. Pohlitz Township1,030 ft
  38. Soler Township1,030 ft
  39. Polonia Township1,020 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 1,010 ft at 48.7515° N, 96.4046° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.