Madison County, ID Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
8,090 ft 2,465 m7,260 ft 2,215 m6,850 ft 2,090 m6,030 ft 1,840 m5,210 ft 1,585 m4,800 ft 1,460 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- 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.
- Click or tap anywhere
- 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
Madison County averages about 5,560 ft (1,695 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 4,800 ft on the west side to 8,090 ft on Red Butte.
Average elevation
5,560 ft 1,695 m
all land inside the county
Highest
8,090 ft 2,465 m
on Red Butte
Lowest
4,800 ft 1,460 m
on the west side
Madison County spans about 3,290 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.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Average of all land | 5,560 ft1,695 m |
| Highest point Inside the county, on Red Butte (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height) | 8,090 ft2,465 m |
| Lowest point Inside the county, on the west side | 4,800 ft1,460 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
29 mi west to east through Rexburg.
Topographic Map
- Location
- County in Idaho, United States
- Population
- 55,549 2024 est.
- Land area
- 469.3 sq mi + 4.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 118 per sq mi
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Columbia Plateau 98%
- Drains to
- Pacific Ocean
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average
- Teton County6,530 ft
- Fremont County6,160 ft
- Bonneville County6,120 ft
- Madison County5,560 ft
- Jefferson County4,870 ft
Rankings by average elevation
- Counties in Idaho15th highest of 44
- Counties in the United States138th highest of 3,151
Peaks and hills highest inside
- Red Butte, Madison County8,090 ft
- Prospect Peak, Madison County8,010 ft
- Twin Peaks, Madison County7,769 ft
- Farnes Mountain7,400 ft
- East Farnes Mountain7,330 ft
All 2 towns in Madison County by typical elevation
- Sugar City4,900 ft
- Rexburg4,870 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.