diff --git a/openvdb/openvdb/math/Stencils.h b/openvdb/openvdb/math/Stencils.h
index 0d3c79dc10..ce6243af2e 100644
--- a/openvdb/openvdb/math/Stencils.h
+++ b/openvdb/openvdb/math/Stencils.h
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ class BaseStencil
     typedef typename GridT::ValueType                   ValueType;
     typedef tree::ValueAccessor<const TreeType, IsSafe> AccessorType;
     typedef std::vector<ValueType>                      BufferType;
-    typedef typename BufferType::iterator               IterType;
 
     /// @brief Initialize the stencil buffer with the values of voxel (i, j, k)
     /// and its neighbors.
@@ -146,14 +145,14 @@ class BaseStencil
     /// @brief Return the smallest value in the stencil buffer.
     inline ValueType min() const
     {
-        IterType iter = std::min_element(mValues.begin(), mValues.end());
+        const auto iter = std::min_element(mValues.begin(), mValues.end());
         return *iter;
     }
 
     /// @brief Return the largest value in the stencil buffer.
     inline ValueType max() const
     {
-        IterType iter = std::max_element(mValues.begin(), mValues.end());
+        const auto iter = std::max_element(mValues.begin(), mValues.end());
         return *iter;
     }
 
diff --git a/openvdb/openvdb/unittest/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/openvdb/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
index e056f4079d..33e4431a3c 100644
--- a/openvdb/openvdb/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openvdb/openvdb/unittest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ else()
     TestQuat.cc
     TestRay.cc
     TestStats.cc
+    TestStencils.cc
     TestStream.cc
     TestStreamCompression.cc
     TestStringMetadata.cc
diff --git a/openvdb/openvdb/unittest/TestStencils.cc b/openvdb/openvdb/unittest/TestStencils.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..804dd61fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openvdb/openvdb/unittest/TestStencils.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright Contributors to the OpenVDB Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+
+#include <openvdb/openvdb.h>
+#include <openvdb/math/Stencils.h>
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+
+class TestStencils : public ::testing::Test
+{
+};
+
+TEST_F(TestStencils, testMinMax)
+{
+    using namespace openvdb;
+
+    Int32Grid grid;
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(0,0,0), -3);
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(0,0,1), -2);
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(0,1,0), -1);
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(1,0,0),  0);
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(1,1,0),  1);
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(0,1,1),  2);
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(1,0,1),  3);
+    grid.tree().setValue(math::Coord(1,1,1),  4);
+    math::BoxStencil<Int32Grid> stencil(grid);
+
+    stencil.moveTo(Coord(0,0,0));
+    EXPECT_EQ(stencil.min(), -3);
+    EXPECT_EQ(stencil.max(), 4);
+
+    stencil.moveTo(Coord(1,1,1));
+    EXPECT_EQ(stencil.min(), 0);
+    EXPECT_EQ(stencil.max(), 4);
+
+    stencil.moveTo(Coord(0,0,1));
+    EXPECT_EQ(stencil.min(), -2);
+    EXPECT_EQ(stencil.max(),  4);
+}
diff --git a/pendingchanges/stencil_minmax.txt b/pendingchanges/stencil_minmax.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28cad098cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pendingchanges/stencil_minmax.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+OpenVDB:
+    - Bug Fixes:
+        Fixed a compilation issue with the min() and max() methods on Stencils
+        in openvdb/math/Stencils.h
+        [Reported by Samuel Mauch]