West Union Township, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Union Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,250 ft on the northeast side to 1,400 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,400 ft 430 m1,360 ft 415 m1,340 ft 410 m1,310 ft 400 m1,270 ft 385 m1,250 ft 380 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

West Union 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: 1,300–1,360 ft
Lowest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,400 ft 430 m
on the west side
Average
1,330 ft 405 m
all land inside township boundaries

West Union Township spans about 150 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 west side
1,400 ft430 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
1,250 ft380 m
Average of all land1,330 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of West Union Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of West Union Township, Minnesota, shaded from 1,250 ft on the northeast side to 1,400 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States
Population
279 2024 est.
Land area
28.8 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
9.7 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.8173° N, 95.0659° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Sauk River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
56360 56378
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Orange Township1,370 ft
  2. Osakis Township1,360 ft
  3. Osakis1,340 ft
  4. West Union1,340 ft
  5. Little Sauk Township1,330 ft
  6. Westport1,330 ft
  7. Gordon Township1,330 ft
  8. West Union Township1,330 ft
  9. Ashley Township1,320 ft
  10. Kandota Township1,260 ft
  11. Sauk Centre1,250 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.