Watonwan County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watonwan County, Minnesota, shaded from 960 ft on the east side to 1,300 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,300 ft 395 m1,220 ft 370 m1,170 ft 360 m1,090 ft 330 m1,010 ft 305 m960 ft 295 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

Watonwan County averages about 1,090 ft (335 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 960 ft on the east side to 1,300 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,090 ft 335 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,300 ft 395 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
960 ft 295 m
on the east side

Watonwan County spans about 340 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 land1,090 ft335 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,300 ft395 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
960 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through St. James.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Watonwan County, Minnesota, shaded from 960 ft on the east side to 1,300 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
11,204 2024 est.
Land area
434.9 sq mi + 4.8 sq mi water
Density
26 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. Jackson County1,430 ft
  2. Cottonwood County1,350 ft
  3. Martin County1,200 ft
  4. Watonwan County1,090 ft
  5. Brown County1,020 ft
  6. Blue Earth County1,000 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 20 towns in Watonwan County by typical elevation
  1. Odin Township1,240 ft
  2. Odin1,210 ft
  3. Ormsby1,200 ft
  4. Butterfield1,180 ft
  5. Butterfield Township1,170 ft
  6. Darfur1,160 ft
  7. Long Lake Township, Watonwan County1,140 ft
  8. South Branch Township1,110 ft
  9. Adrian Township1,100 ft
  10. St. James Township1,090 ft
  11. St. James1,080 ft
  12. Antrim Township1,070 ft
  13. Lewisville1,060 ft
  14. Rosendale Township1,060 ft
  15. Nelson Township1,060 ft
  16. Fieldon Township1,040 ft
  17. La Salle1,030 ft
  18. Riverdale Township1,030 ft
  19. Madelia1,020 ft
  20. Madelia 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.