Shaokatan Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shaokatan Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,690 ft on the northeast side to 1,950 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,950 ft 595 m1,880 ft 575 m1,850 ft 565 m1,790 ft 545 m1,730 ft 525 m1,690 ft 515 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.
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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shaokatan Township sits at about 1,800 ft (550 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,800 ft 550 m
most residents: 1,770–1,840 ft
Lowest
1,690 ft 515 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,950 ft 595 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,810 ft 550 m
all land inside township boundaries

Shaokatan Township spans about 260 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,800 ft550 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,950 ft595 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,690 ft515 m
Average of all land1,810 ft550 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.3 mi west to east through the middle of Shaokatan Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shaokatan Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,690 ft on the northeast side to 1,950 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States
Population
207 2024 est.
Land area
36.7 sq mi + 1.7 sq mi water
Density
5.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.4110° N, 96.3705° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Yellow Medicine River → Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
56136 56142 56149
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sherman Township, SD1,930 ft
  2. Drammen Township1,910 ft
  3. Richland Township, SD1,840 ft
  4. Lake Hendricks Township, SD1,830 ft
  5. Shaokatan Township1,800 ft
  6. Hendricks1,780 ft
  7. Hendricks Township1,770 ft
  8. Diamond Lake Township1,760 ft
  9. Ash Lake Township1,720 ft
  10. Ivanhoe1,680 ft
  11. Royal Township1,670 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).
  • 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.