Yellow Medicine County, MN Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the east side to 1,740 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,740 ft 530 m1,520 ft 465 m1,410 ft 430 m1,190 ft 360 m960 ft 295 m850 ft 260 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

Yellow Medicine County averages about 1,120 ft (345 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 850 ft on the east side to 1,740 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,120 ft 345 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,740 ft 530 m
on the west side
Lowest
850 ft 260 m
on the east side

Yellow Medicine County spans about 890 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 land1,120 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,740 ft530 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, south to north

19 mi south to north through Granite Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, shaded from 850 ft on the east side to 1,740 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Minnesota, United States
Population
9,373 2024 est.
Land area
759.1 sq mi + 4.1 sq mi water
Density
12 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. Deuel County, SD1,770 ft
  2. Lincoln County1,700 ft
  3. Lyon County1,310 ft
  4. Yellow Medicine County1,120 ft
  5. Redwood County1,070 ft
  6. Lac qui Parle County1,070 ft
  7. Renville County1,060 ft
  8. Chippewa County1,030 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 30 towns in Yellow Medicine County by typical elevation
  1. Fortier Township1,600 ft
  2. Florida Township1,370 ft
  3. Norman Township, Yellow Medicine County1,340 ft
  4. Canby1,220 ft
  5. Porter1,200 ft
  6. Hammer Township1,200 ft
  7. Wergeland Township1,170 ft
  8. Oshkosh Township1,140 ft
  9. Burton Township1,130 ft
  10. St. Leo1,120 ft
  11. Swede Prairie Township1,100 ft
  12. Omro Township1,090 ft
  13. Clarkfield1,090 ft
  14. Echo1,080 ft
  15. Tyro Township1,070 ft
  16. Normania Township1,070 ft
  17. Posen Township1,070 ft
  18. Friendship Township1,060 ft
  19. Echo Township1,060 ft
  20. Wood Lake1,060 ft
  21. Sandnes Township1,050 ft
  22. Hazel Run1,050 ft
  23. Wood Lake Township1,050 ft
  24. Hazel Run Township1,050 ft
  25. Hanley Falls1,050 ft
  26. Lisbon Township1,040 ft
  27. Sioux Agency Township1,040 ft
  28. Minnesota Falls Township1,020 ft
  29. Stony Run Township1,000 ft
  30. Granite Falls920 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, 760 ft at 44.8182° N, 95.5685° 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.