St. James, MN Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,090 ft 330 m1,080 ft 330 m1,070 ft 325 m1,050 ft 320 m1,050 ft 320 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- City area
- Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
St. James sits at about 1,080 ft (330 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,080 ft 330 m
most residents: 1,070–1,090 ft
Lowest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,070 ft 330 m
all land inside city limits
St. James spans about 50 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,080 ft330 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southwest side | 1,100 ft335 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side | 1,050 ft320 m |
| Town center USGS map point for St. James | 1,080 ft330 m |
| Airport (JYG) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.2 mi east of the city limits | 1,068 ft326 m |
| Average of all land | 1,070 ft330 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
1.8 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States
- Population
- 4,750 2024 est.
- Land area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Density
- 2,041 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.9825° N, 94.6269° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- Airport
- St James Municipal (JYG) 1,068 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 56081
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Butterfield1,180 ft
- Butterfield Township1,170 ft
- Long Lake Township, Watonwan County1,140 ft
- South Branch Township1,110 ft
- St. James Township1,090 ft
- St. James1,080 ft
- Rosendale Township1,060 ft
- Nelson Township1,060 ft
- Fieldon Township1,040 ft
- La Salle1,030 ft
- Riverdale Township1,030 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Minnesota1,722nd highest of 2,692
- Towns in Watonwan County11th highest of 20
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Fort Hill1,060 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.