page_title: Murray County, Minnesota
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Murray County, Minnesota / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Map shows native vegetation, based on soils, of Lake Shetek State Park area in Murray County Minnesota. Sourced-from: Web Soil Survey (WSS), Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Available at http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/. NRCS/WSS native vegetation information first sorted by soil series, then compiled using soil series proportion of county area (%) then assigning colors to corresponding prairie or forest ecosystems. Accessed by Steve Nelson 5/27/13
context_page_description: Murray County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 8,725 at the 2010 United States Census. Its county seat is Slayton.
context_section_description: The county terrain consists of low rolling hills, dotted with lakes and ponds, with all available area devoted to agriculture. The terrain slopes to the south and east. However, its highest elevation occurs on Buffalo Ridge, a promontory extending about two miles along the crest of the Coteau des Prairies in central Chanarambie Township. The bluff rises a few hundred feet above the adjacent valleys. The county has a total area of 720 square miles (1,900 km²), of which 705 square miles (1,830 km²) is land and 15 square miles (39 km²) (2.1%) is water.
  The Mississippi-Missouri watershed divide runs through the western part of the county, near Chandler, along Buffalo Ridge. The county's highest point is on that ridge, at 1,920' ASL.
caption: Soils of Lake Shetek State Park area
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