Birch, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birch, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,420 ft on the southeast side to 1,770 ft on Irma Hill
Elevation
1,770 ft 540 m1,680 ft 510 m1,630 ft 500 m1,550 ft 470 m1,460 ft 445 m1,420 ft 430 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Birch sits at about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
most residents: 1,480–1,580 ft
Lowest
1,420 ft 430 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,770 ft 540 m
on Irma Hill
Average
1,530 ft 465 m
all land inside town boundaries

Birch spans about 350 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
1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Irma Hill
1,770 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,420 ft430 m
Average of all land1,530 ft465 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Birch.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birch, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,420 ft on the southeast side to 1,770 ft on Irma Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
571 2024 est.
Land area
35.7 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
16 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.3445° N, 89.6304° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Wisconsin River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
54435 54442
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Town of Harrison1,660 ft
  2. Birch1,540 ft
  3. Skanawan1,510 ft
  4. Town of King1,480 ft
  5. Russell, Lincoln County1,470 ft
  6. Rock Falls1,460 ft
  7. Tomahawk1,450 ft
  8. Schley1,440 ft
  9. Harding1,350 ft
  10. Town of Merrill1,320 ft
  11. Merrill1,280 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Lookout Mountain1,940 ft
  • Irma Hill1,770 ft
  • Chase Hill1,760 ft
  • Porcupine Mountain1,640 ft
  • Ninemile Hill, Lincoln County1,490 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.