Linn County, MO Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Linn County, Missouri, shaded from 660 ft on the southwest side to 1,010 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,010 ft 310 m920 ft 280 m880 ft 270 m790 ft 240 m710 ft 215 m660 ft 200 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Linn County averages about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 660 ft on the southwest side to 1,010 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
810 ft 245 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,010 ft 310 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
660 ft 200 m
on the southwest side

Linn County spans about 350 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 land810 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,010 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
660 ft200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

27 mi west to east through Brookfield Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Linn County, Missouri, shaded from 660 ft on the southwest side to 1,010 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Missouri, United States
Population
11,910 2024 est.
Land area
615.6 sq mi + 5.8 sq mi water
Density
19 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. Sullivan County930 ft
  2. Adair County890 ft
  3. Grundy County840 ft
  4. Macon County820 ft
  5. Linn County810 ft
  6. Livingston County760 ft
  7. Chariton County700 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 23 towns in Linn County by typical elevation
  1. Enterprise Township920 ft
  2. North Salem Township910 ft
  3. Bucklin910 ft
  4. Bucklin Township900 ft
  5. Baker Township890 ft
  6. Purdin860 ft
  7. Marceline850 ft
  8. Marceline Township850 ft
  9. Jackson Township, Linn County850 ft
  10. Grantsville Township840 ft
  11. Benton Township, Linn County820 ft
  12. Locust Creek Township820 ft
  13. Linneus820 ft
  14. Yellow Creek Township820 ft
  15. St. Catharine810 ft
  16. Laclede790 ft
  17. Clay Township, Linn County780 ft
  18. Jefferson Township780 ft
  19. Brookfield Township770 ft
  20. Brookfield770 ft
  21. Browning770 ft
  22. Meadville760 ft
  23. Parson Creek Township750 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, 660 ft at 39.7049° N, 93.2790° 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.