Birchwood, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birchwood, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,180 ft on the south side to 1,500 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,500 ft 460 m1,420 ft 435 m1,380 ft 420 m1,300 ft 400 m1,220 ft 375 m1,180 ft 360 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.
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

Birchwood sits at about 1,300 ft (400 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,300 ft 400 m
most residents: 1,230–1,330 ft
Lowest
1,180 ft 360 m
on the south side
Highest
1,500 ft 460 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,320 ft 405 m
all land inside town boundaries

Birchwood spans about 320 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
1,300 ft400 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,500 ft460 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
1,180 ft360 m
Average of all land1,320 ft405 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Birchwood.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Birchwood, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,180 ft on the south side to 1,500 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Washburn County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
619 2024 est.
Land area
61.8 sq mi + 8.3 sq mi water
Density
10 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.7165° N, 91.6003° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Red Cedar River → Chippewa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
54817 54870 54876
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wilson, Rusk County1,400 ft
  2. Stone Lake, Sawyer County1,340 ft
  3. Sand Lake1,320 ft
  4. Sarona1,310 ft
  5. Birchwood1,300 ft
  6. Stone Lake1,300 ft
  7. Long Lake1,290 ft
  8. Madge1,280 ft
  9. Edgewater1,260 ft
  10. Village of Birchwood1,260 ft
  11. Cedar Lake1,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Meteor Hill1,800 ft
  • Mount Atlanta1,720 ft
  • Bald Hill1,710 ft
  • County Hill1,390 ft
  • Crystal Mountain1,280 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.