Town of Bristol, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Bristol, Wisconsin, shaded from 860 ft on the east side to 1,050 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m1,000 ft 305 m980 ft 300 m930 ft 285 m880 ft 270 m860 ft 260 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
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Elevation Data

Town of Bristol sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 920–1,020 ft
Lowest
860 ft 260 m
on the east side
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the south side
Average
940 ft 285 m
all land inside town boundaries

Town of Bristol 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
860 ft260 m
Airport (MSN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.5 mi southwest of the town boundaries
887 ft270 m
Average of all land940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Town of Bristol.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Bristol, Wisconsin, shaded from 860 ft on the east side to 1,050 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
4,379 2024 est.
Land area
33.1 sq mi
Density
132 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.2315° N, 89.2212° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Rock River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Dane County Regional/Truax Field (MSN) 887 ft
ZIP codes 3
53532 53590 53925
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Leeds1,020 ft
  2. Sun Prairie980 ft
  3. Town of Bristol970 ft
  4. Burke960 ft
  5. Vienna960 ft
  6. Hampden950 ft
  7. DeForest940 ft
  8. Town of Sun Prairie940 ft
  9. Windsor920 ft
  10. York, Dane County900 ft
  11. Marshall860 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Liberty Mound1,075 ft
  • Eagle Heights1,020 ft
  • Bascom Hill960 ft
  • Observatory Hill, Dane County960 ft
  • Mansion Hill930 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.