Springwater Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Springwater Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,740 ft 530 m1,670 ft 510 m1,640 ft 500 m1,570 ft 480 m1,510 ft 460 m1,470 ft 450 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

Springwater Township sits at about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,600 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,550–1,690 ft
Lowest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,610 ft 490 m
all land inside township boundaries

Springwater Township spans about 270 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
1,600 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,740 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,470 ft450 m
Average of all land1,610 ft490 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.1 mi west to east through the middle of Springwater Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Springwater Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,470 ft on the southeast side to 1,740 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Rock County, Minnesota, United States
Population
255 2024 est.
Land area
48.6 sq mi
Density
5.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.7110° N, 96.3621° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Big Sioux River → Missouri River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 4
56116 56134 56144 56156
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Denver Township1,700 ft
  2. Rose Dell Township1,620 ft
  3. Springwater Township1,600 ft
  4. Mound Township1,570 ft
  5. Palisade Township, SD1,530 ft
  6. Garretson, SD1,520 ft
  7. Sherman, SD1,500 ft
  8. Beaver Creek Township1,490 ft
  9. Luverne Township1,480 ft
  10. Luverne1,470 ft
  11. Beaver Creek1,470 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Mound, Rock County1,700 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.