Scott County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Minnesota, shaded from 700 ft on the northeast side to 1,220 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,220 ft 375 m1,090 ft 335 m1,030 ft 315 m890 ft 275 m760 ft 235 m700 ft 215 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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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Scott County averages about 940 ft (285 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 700 ft on the northeast side to 1,220 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
940 ft 285 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,220 ft 375 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the northeast side

Scott County spans about 520 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 land940 ft285 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,220 ft375 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
700 ft215 m

Elevation profile, south to north

18 mi south to north through Shakopee.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Scott County, Minnesota, shaded from 700 ft on the northeast side to 1,220 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
157,206 2024 est.
Land area
356.1 sq mi + 12.2 sq mi water
Density
441 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. Rice County1,080 ft
  2. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  3. Sibley County1,000 ft
  4. Carver County960 ft
  5. Scott County940 ft
  6. Dakota County920 ft
  7. Hennepin County920 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 18 towns in Scott County by typical elevation
  1. Elko New Market1,130 ft
  2. New Market Township1,060 ft
  3. New Prague1,000 ft
  4. Credit River990 ft
  5. Cedar Lake Township980 ft
  6. Belle Plaine Township970 ft
  7. Blakeley Township970 ft
  8. Spring Lake Township960 ft
  9. Helena Township960 ft
  10. Louisville Township950 ft
  11. Prior Lake940 ft
  12. Sand Creek Township920 ft
  13. Savage890 ft
  14. Belle Plaine860 ft
  15. Jordan810 ft
  16. St. Lawrence Township810 ft
  17. Jackson Township810 ft
  18. Shakopee810 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.