Wadena County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wadena County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,530 ft 465 m1,450 ft 440 m1,410 ft 430 m1,340 ft 410 m1,260 ft 385 m1,220 ft 375 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

Wadena County averages about 1,350 ft (410 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
1,350 ft 410 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,530 ft 465 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
1,220 ft 375 m
on the southeast side

Wadena County spans about 310 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 land1,350 ft410 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,530 ft465 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,220 ft375 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Wadena.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wadena County, Minnesota, shaded from 1,220 ft on the southeast side to 1,530 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
14,437 2024 est.
Land area
536.3 sq mi + 7.0 sq mi water
Density
27 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. Hubbard County1,450 ft
  2. Becker County1,450 ft
  3. Otter Tail County1,360 ft
  4. Wadena County1,350 ft
  5. Cass County1,340 ft
  6. Todd County1,330 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 22 towns in Wadena County by typical elevation
  1. Rockwood Township1,420 ft
  2. Blueberry Township1,400 ft
  3. Menahga1,400 ft
  4. Red Eye Township1,390 ft
  5. Sebeka1,390 ft
  6. Shell River Township1,380 ft
  7. Huntersville Township1,380 ft
  8. Meadow Township1,360 ft
  9. Wadena Township1,350 ft
  10. Wadena1,350 ft
  11. Verndale1,350 ft
  12. Leaf River Township1,350 ft
  13. Orton Township1,340 ft
  14. North Germany Township1,340 ft
  15. Aldrich Township1,330 ft
  16. Nimrod1,330 ft
  17. Aldrich1,330 ft
  18. Lyons Township1,320 ft
  19. Wing River Township1,300 ft
  20. Bullard Township1,280 ft
  21. Thomastown Township1,280 ft
  22. Staples partly1,270 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.