Scandia Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scandia Township, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the west side to 890 ft on the east side
Elevation
900 ft 275 m890 ft 270 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m870 ft 265 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.
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Township area
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Elevation Data

Scandia Township sits at about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
880 ft 270 m
most residents: 870–890 ft
Lowest
870 ft 265 m
on the west side
Highest
890 ft 275 m
on the east side
Average
880 ft 270 m
all land inside township boundaries

Scandia Township is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 20 ft, so the figures below sit close together.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
880 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
890 ft275 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
870 ft265 m
Average of all land880 ft270 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scandia Township, Minnesota, shaded from 870 ft on the west side to 890 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States
Population
66 2024 est.
Land area
36.0 sq mi
Density
1.8 per sq mi
Coordinates
47.5352° N, 96.6173° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Red River → Canada
ZIP codes 2
56517 56716
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Onstad Township960 ft
  2. Reis Township910 ft
  3. Lockhart Township910 ft
  4. Beltrami900 ft
  5. Russia Township900 ft
  6. Scandia Township880 ft
  7. Good Hope Township, Norman County880 ft
  8. Hammond Township880 ft
  9. Nielsville870 ft
  10. Hubbard Township, Polk County860 ft
  11. Climax860 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).
  • 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, 870 ft at 47.5424° N, 96.7076° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.