Stevens County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stevens County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,270 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,270 ft 390 m1,210 ft 370 m1,190 ft 360 m1,130 ft 345 m1,070 ft 325 m1,040 ft 315 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

Stevens County averages about 1,130 ft (345 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,270 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,130 ft 345 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,270 ft 390 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
1,040 ft 315 m
on the south side

Stevens County spans about 230 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 land1,130 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,270 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,040 ft315 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Morris.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Stevens County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,270 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
9,819 2024 est.
Land area
563.7 sq mi + 11.7 sq mi water
Density
17 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 79%, Canada 21%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Pope County1,270 ft
  2. Grant County1,140 ft
  3. Stevens County1,130 ft
  4. Big Stone County1,100 ft
  5. Swift County1,070 ft
  6. Traverse County1,050 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 21 towns in Stevens County by typical elevation
  1. Rendsville Township1,170 ft
  2. Swan Lake Township1,170 ft
  3. Hodges Township1,160 ft
  4. Synnes Township1,160 ft
  5. Hancock1,160 ft
  6. Framnas Township1,150 ft
  7. Baker Township1,130 ft
  8. Moore Township1,130 ft
  9. Morris1,130 ft
  10. Stevens Township1,130 ft
  11. Scott Township1,130 ft
  12. Donnelly1,130 ft
  13. Chokio1,130 ft
  14. Darnen Township1,130 ft
  15. Morris Township1,120 ft
  16. Pepperton Township1,110 ft
  17. Alberta1,110 ft
  18. Horton Township1,110 ft
  19. Donnelly Township1,100 ft
  20. Everglade Township1,100 ft
  21. Eldorado Township1,070 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.