Watertown Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watertown Township, Minnesota, shaded from 910 ft on the northeast side to 1,070 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m1,030 ft 315 m1,010 ft 310 m970 ft 295 m930 ft 285 m920 ft 280 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

Watertown Township sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 940–1,000 ft
Lowest
910 ft 280 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the southeast side
Average
970 ft 295 m
all land inside township boundaries

Watertown Township spans about 160 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
910 ft280 m
Average of all land970 ft295 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Watertown Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watertown Township, Minnesota, shaded from 910 ft on the northeast side to 1,070 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States
Population
1,160 2024 est.
Land area
30.5 sq mi + 2.6 sq mi water
Density
38 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.9437° N, 93.8199° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 4
55328 55360 55387 55388
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Waconia990 ft
  2. Waconia Township990 ft
  3. Minnetrista970 ft
  4. Watertown Township970 ft
  5. Mayer970 ft
  6. Watertown970 ft
  7. St. Bonifacius960 ft
  8. Mound960 ft
  9. Crown College940 ft
  10. Delano940 ft
  11. Franklin Township940 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.