Sherburne County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sherburne County, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the southeast side to 1,110 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,110 ft 340 m1,040 ft 320 m1,010 ft 310 m950 ft 290 m880 ft 270 m850 ft 260 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sherburne County averages about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 850 ft on the southeast side to 1,110 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
980 ft 300 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,110 ft 340 m
on the east side
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the southeast side

Sherburne 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 land980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,110 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

18 mi south to north through Elk River.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sherburne County, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the southeast side to 1,110 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
103,059 2024 est.
Land area
432.9 sq mi + 18.2 sq mi water
Density
238 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. Stearns County1,200 ft
  2. Mille Lacs County1,170 ft
  3. Benton County1,120 ft
  4. Wright County1,000 ft
  5. Sherburne County980 ft
  6. Isanti County950 ft
  7. Hennepin County920 ft
  8. Anoka County900 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Blue Hill1,090 ft
All 17 towns in Sherburne County by typical elevation
  1. St. Cloud partly1,040 ft
  2. Haven Township1,020 ft
  3. Santiago Township1,010 ft
  4. Palmer Township1,000 ft
  5. Livonia Township1,000 ft
  6. Clear Lake990 ft
  7. Blue Hill Township980 ft
  8. Zimmerman980 ft
  9. Princeton partly980 ft
  10. Clear Lake Township980 ft
  11. Baldwin980 ft
  12. Becker970 ft
  13. Becker Township970 ft
  14. Orrock Township970 ft
  15. Big Lake940 ft
  16. Big Lake Township930 ft
  17. Elk River910 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.