Amherst, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Amherst, Wisconsin, shaded from 970 ft on the east side to 1,230 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,230 ft 375 m1,160 ft 355 m1,130 ft 345 m1,060 ft 325 m1,000 ft 305 m970 ft 295 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Amherst sits at about 1,110 ft (340 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,110 ft 340 m
most residents: 1,050–1,150 ft
Lowest
970 ft 295 m
on the east side
Highest
1,230 ft 375 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,100 ft 335 m
all land inside town boundaries

Amherst spans about 260 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,110 ft340 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,230 ft375 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
970 ft295 m
Average of all land1,100 ft335 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.0 mi west to east through the middle of Amherst.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Amherst, Wisconsin, shaded from 970 ft on the east side to 1,230 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
1,418 2024 est.
Land area
37.6 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
38 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.4582° N, 89.3047° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Waupaca River
ZIP codes 3
54406 54407 54977
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Stockton1,170 ft
  2. Buena Vista, Portage County1,150 ft
  3. New Hope1,140 ft
  4. Amherst Junction1,130 ft
  5. Amherst1,110 ft
  6. Nelsonville1,080 ft
  7. Lanark1,080 ft
  8. Village of Amherst1,060 ft
  9. Iola980 ft
  10. Scandinavia970 ft
  11. Village of Scandinavia930 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mosquito Bluff1,240 ft
  • The Ledge1,150 ft
  • Mount Joel1,010 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.