Sibley County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sibley County, Minnesota, shaded from 710 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,090 ft 335 m1,000 ft 305 m950 ft 290 m860 ft 260 m760 ft 230 m710 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

Sibley County averages about 1,000 ft (305 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 710 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,000 ft 305 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,090 ft 335 m
on the west side
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the east side

Sibley County spans about 380 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 land1,000 ft305 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,090 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
710 ft215 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Gaylord.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sibley County, Minnesota, shaded from 710 ft on the east side to 1,090 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
15,194 2024 est.
Land area
589.0 sq mi + 11.6 sq mi water
Density
26 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. Renville County1,060 ft
  2. McLeod County1,040 ft
  3. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  4. Sibley County1,000 ft
  5. Nicollet County970 ft
  6. Carver County960 ft
  7. Scott County940 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 24 towns in Sibley County by typical elevation
  1. Grafton Township1,070 ft
  2. Moltke Township1,060 ft
  3. Bismarck Township1,050 ft
  4. Gibbon1,040 ft
  5. Severance Township1,030 ft
  6. Winthrop1,030 ft
  7. Cornish Township1,020 ft
  8. Transit Township1,020 ft
  9. New Auburn1,010 ft
  10. New Auburn Township1,010 ft
  11. Green Isle Township1,000 ft
  12. Alfsborg Township1,000 ft
  13. Green Isle1,000 ft
  14. Gaylord1,000 ft
  15. Dryden Township1,000 ft
  16. Washington Lake Township1,000 ft
  17. Arlington1,000 ft
  18. Arlington Township990 ft
  19. Sibley Township980 ft
  20. Jessenland Township980 ft
  21. Kelso Township970 ft
  22. Henderson Township950 ft
  23. Faxon Township950 ft
  24. Henderson800 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.