Shell Lake Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shell Lake Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,490 ft on the southwest side to 1,710 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,710 ft 525 m1,660 ft 505 m1,630 ft 495 m1,580 ft 480 m1,520 ft 465 m1,490 ft 455 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

Shell Lake Township sits at about 1,550 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,550 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,530–1,590 ft
Lowest
1,490 ft 455 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,710 ft 525 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,560 ft 475 m
all land inside township boundaries

Shell Lake Township spans about 220 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
1,550 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,710 ft525 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,490 ft455 m
Average of all land1,560 ft475 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Shell Lake Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shell Lake Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,490 ft on the southwest side to 1,710 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Becker County, Minnesota, United States
Population
294 2024 est.
Land area
28.5 sq mi + 7.4 sq mi water
Density
10 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.9189° N, 95.4770° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Crow Wing River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 4
56501 56570 56575 56578
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wolf Lake Township1,600 ft
  2. Wolf Lake1,570 ft
  3. Round Lake Township1,570 ft
  4. Shell Lake Township1,550 ft
  5. Pine Point Township1,540 ft
  6. Pine Point1,540 ft
  7. Carsonville Township1,540 ft
  8. Toad Lake Township1,520 ft
  9. Osage Township1,490 ft
  10. Osage1,490 ft
  11. Height of Land Township1,490 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Toad Mountain1,760 ft
  • Detroit Mountain1,630 ft
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.