Wilkin County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wilkin County, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,250 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,250 ft 380 m1,160 ft 355 m1,120 ft 340 m1,030 ft 315 m940 ft 285 m890 ft 270 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

Wilkin County averages about 990 ft (305 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,250 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
990 ft 305 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
890 ft 270 m
on the northwest side

Wilkin County spans about 360 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 land990 ft305 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,250 ft380 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
890 ft270 m

Elevation profile, west to east

16 mi west to east through Breckenridge.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wilkin County, Minnesota, shaded from 890 ft on the northwest side to 1,250 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
6,268 2024 est.
Land area
751.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
Density
8.3 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Canada
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Otter Tail County1,360 ft
  2. Grant County1,140 ft
  3. Traverse County1,050 ft
  4. Richland County, ND1,030 ft
  5. Clay County1,030 ft
  6. Wilkin County990 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 30 towns in Wilkin County by typical elevation
  1. Rothsay1,210 ft
  2. Tanberg Township1,120 ft
  3. Prairie View Township1,120 ft
  4. Akron Township, Wilkin County1,100 ft
  5. Andrea Township1,030 ft
  6. Foxhome1,030 ft
  7. Foxhome Township1,010 ft
  8. Nashua1,010 ft
  9. Bradford Township, Wilkin County1,000 ft
  10. Meadows Township990 ft
  11. Champion Township990 ft
  12. Atherton Township990 ft
  13. Manston Township990 ft
  14. Campbell980 ft
  15. Nilsen Township980 ft
  16. Campbell Township980 ft
  17. Sunnyside Township980 ft
  18. Doran970 ft
  19. Brandrup Township970 ft
  20. Breckenridge Township970 ft
  21. Connelly Township960 ft
  22. Breckenridge960 ft
  23. Nordick Township960 ft
  24. Mitchell Township960 ft
  25. Deerhorn Township950 ft
  26. McCauleyville Township940 ft
  27. Kent940 ft
  28. Roberts Township940 ft
  29. Wolverton Township930 ft
  30. Wolverton930 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.