Waseca County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waseca County, Minnesota, shaded from 990 ft on the west side to 1,300 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,300 ft 395 m1,220 ft 370 m1,180 ft 360 m1,100 ft 335 m1,030 ft 315 m990 ft 300 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Waseca County averages about 1,110 ft (340 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 990 ft on the west side to 1,300 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,110 ft 340 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
990 ft 300 m
on the west side

Waseca 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 land1,110 ft340 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,300 ft395 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
990 ft300 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through Waseca.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waseca County, Minnesota, shaded from 990 ft on the west side to 1,300 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
18,684 2024 est.
Land area
423.4 sq mi + 9.6 sq mi water
Density
44 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. Freeborn County1,250 ft
  2. Steele County1,210 ft
  3. Faribault County1,120 ft
  4. Waseca County1,110 ft
  5. Rice County1,080 ft
  6. Le Sueur County1,010 ft
  7. Blue Earth County1,000 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 17 towns in Waseca County by typical elevation
  1. New Richland Township1,210 ft
  2. New Richland1,180 ft
  3. Byron Township1,160 ft
  4. Otisco Township1,150 ft
  5. Waseca1,140 ft
  6. Blooming Grove Township1,140 ft
  7. Woodville Township1,130 ft
  8. St. Mary Township1,120 ft
  9. Wilton Township1,110 ft
  10. Vivian Township1,100 ft
  11. Iosco Township1,100 ft
  12. Waldorf1,080 ft
  13. Freedom Township1,070 ft
  14. Alton Township1,050 ft
  15. Janesville1,050 ft
  16. Elysian partly1,040 ft
  17. Janesville Township1,040 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 990 ft at 44.0363° N, 93.7657° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.