Balsam Lake, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,070 ft on the southeast side to 1,260 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,210 ft 370 m1,190 ft 360 m1,140 ft 345 m1,090 ft 330 m1,070 ft 325 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
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Balsam Lake sits at about 1,160 ft (355 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,160 ft 355 m
most residents: 1,120–1,210 ft
Lowest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on the west side
Average
1,150 ft 350 m
all land inside town boundaries

Balsam Lake spans about 190 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
1,160 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,070 ft325 m
Average of all land1,150 ft350 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Balsam Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Balsam Lake, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,070 ft on the southeast side to 1,260 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
1,436 2024 est.
Land area
29.6 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
49 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.4278° N, 92.4846° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 4
54001 54024 54810 54824
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Village of Milltown1,250 ft
  2. Centuria1,230 ft
  3. Milltown1,220 ft
  4. Town of St. Croix Falls1,180 ft
  5. Georgetown1,180 ft
  6. Village of Balsam Lake1,170 ft
  7. Balsam Lake1,160 ft
  8. Apple River1,140 ft
  9. Garfield1,080 ft
  10. St. Croix Falls1,010 ft
  11. Taylors Falls, MN910 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.