Adams County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adams County, Wisconsin, shaded from 800 ft on the southeast side to 1,278 ft on Friendship Mound
Elevation
1,280 ft 390 m1,160 ft 355 m1,100 ft 335 m980 ft 300 m860 ft 260 m800 ft 245 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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Adams County averages about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 800 ft on the southeast side to 1,278 ft on Friendship Mound.

Average elevation
980 ft 300 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,278 ft 390 m
on Friendship Mound
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the southeast side

Adams County spans about 480 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 land980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Friendship Mound (NGS survey height)
1,278 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, south to north

39 mi south to north through Rome.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Adams County, Wisconsin, shaded from 800 ft on the southeast side to 1,278 ft on Friendship Mound
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
21,352 2024 est.
Land area
645.6 sq mi + 41.8 sq mi water
Density
33 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Portage County1,120 ft
  2. Wood County1,080 ft
  3. Adams County980 ft
  4. Juneau County950 ft
  5. Waushara County940 ft
  6. Columbia County910 ft
  7. Marquette County840 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Friendship Mound1,278 ft
  • Dorra Cooshe Mountain1,219 ft
  • Rattlesnake Mound1,198 ft
  • Roche a Cri1,190 ft
  • Keystone Rock1,100 ft
All 27 towns in Adams County by typical elevation
  1. Town of Richfield1,050 ft
  2. Leola1,050 ft
  3. Lincoln, Adams County1,030 ft
  4. Colburn, Adams County1,030 ft
  5. Lake Camelot1,020 ft
  6. New Chester1,020 ft
  7. Lake Sherwood1,010 ft
  8. Grand Marsh1,010 ft
  9. Rome1,000 ft
  10. Big Flats1,000 ft
  11. Lake Arrowhead990 ft
  12. Town of Adams970 ft
  13. Springville970 ft
  14. Preston960 ft
  15. Adams960 ft
  16. Town of Monroe960 ft
  17. Dell Prairie960 ft
  18. Town of Jackson950 ft
  19. Easton, Adams County950 ft
  20. Village of Friendship950 ft
  21. Arkdale940 ft
  22. Strongs Prairie930 ft
  23. New Haven920 ft
  24. Easton, Adams County920 ft
  25. Wisconsin Dells partly910 ft
  26. Dellwood900 ft
  27. Quincy900 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.