Urness Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Urness Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the west side to 1,520 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,520 ft 465 m1,450 ft 440 m1,410 ft 430 m1,330 ft 405 m1,260 ft 385 m1,220 ft 370 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

Urness Township sits at about 1,330 ft (405 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,330 ft 405 m
most residents: 1,290–1,380 ft
Lowest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the west side
Highest
1,520 ft 465 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,330 ft 405 m
all land inside township boundaries

Urness Township spans about 300 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
1,330 ft405 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,520 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,220 ft370 m
Average of all land1,330 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Urness Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Urness Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the west side to 1,520 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States
Population
276 2024 est.
Land area
31.9 sq mi + 3.8 sq mi water
Density
8.6 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.8854° N, 95.6866° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Chippewa River → Minnesota River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 4
56315 56326 56339 56343
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Holmes City Township1,400 ft
  2. Brandon1,390 ft
  3. Moe Township1,380 ft
  4. Brandon Township1,380 ft
  5. Evansville1,370 ft
  6. Solem Township1,350 ft
  7. Evansville Township1,340 ft
  8. Urness Township1,330 ft
  9. Kensington1,330 ft
  10. Hoffman1,250 ft
  11. Elk Lake Township1,230 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Inspiration Peak1,729 ft
  • Tower Hill, Douglas County1,580 ft
  • Lookout Mountain, Douglas County1,520 ft
  • Runestone Hill1,440 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.