Swift County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swift County, Minnesota, shaded from 930 ft on the southwest side to 1,300 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,300 ft 395 m1,210 ft 370 m1,160 ft 355 m1,070 ft 325 m980 ft 300 m930 ft 285 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

Swift County averages about 1,070 ft (325 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 930 ft on the southwest side to 1,300 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
1,070 ft 325 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the east side
Lowest
930 ft 285 m
on the southwest side

Swift County spans about 370 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 land1,070 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,300 ft395 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
930 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Benson.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swift County, Minnesota, shaded from 930 ft on the southwest side to 1,300 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
9,666 2024 est.
Land area
742.0 sq mi + 10.1 sq mi water
Density
13 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. Pope County1,270 ft
  2. Kandiyohi County1,170 ft
  3. Stevens County1,130 ft
  4. Big Stone County1,100 ft
  5. Lac qui Parle County1,070 ft
  6. Swift County1,070 ft
  7. Chippewa County1,030 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 29 towns in Swift County by typical elevation
  1. Kerkhoven Township1,220 ft
  2. Hayes Township1,180 ft
  3. Camp Lake Township1,140 ft
  4. Fairfield Township, Swift County1,110 ft
  5. Tara Township1,100 ft
  6. Kerkhoven1,100 ft
  7. Pillsbury Township1,100 ft
  8. Hegbert Township1,100 ft
  9. Murdock1,090 ft
  10. Dublin Township1,070 ft
  11. Kildare Township1,060 ft
  12. De Graff1,060 ft
  13. Torning Township1,050 ft
  14. Clontarf Township1,040 ft
  15. Danvers1,040 ft
  16. Benson1,040 ft
  17. Clontarf1,040 ft
  18. Benson Township1,040 ft
  19. Shible Township1,040 ft
  20. Marysland Township1,040 ft
  21. Moyer Township1,030 ft
  22. Six Mile Grove Township1,030 ft
  23. Swenoda Township1,030 ft
  24. Holloway1,030 ft
  25. Edison Township1,030 ft
  26. Cashel Township1,030 ft
  27. West Bank Township1,020 ft
  28. Appleton1,010 ft
  29. Appleton Township1,010 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.