Buffalo, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buffalo, Wisconsin, shaded from 760 ft on the northeast side to 1,100 ft on Observatory Hill
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,020 ft 310 m980 ft 300 m890 ft 270 m810 ft 245 m760 ft 235 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

Buffalo sits at about 810 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
810 ft 250 m
most residents: 790–920 ft
Lowest
760 ft 235 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on Observatory Hill
Average
830 ft 255 m
all land inside town boundaries

Buffalo spans about 340 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
810 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Observatory Hill
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
760 ft235 m
Average of all land830 ft255 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Buffalo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Buffalo, Wisconsin, shaded from 760 ft on the northeast side to 1,100 ft on Observatory Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Marquette County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
1,421 2024 est.
Land area
48.6 sq mi + 0.7 sq mi water
Density
29 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.6861° N, 89.3282° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Fox River
ZIP codes 3
53926 53949 53954
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Marcellon880 ft
  2. Dalton870 ft
  3. Kingston850 ft
  4. Fort Winnebago820 ft
  5. Buffalo810 ft
  6. Montello810 ft
  7. Endeavor800 ft
  8. Town of Montello800 ft
  9. Moundville790 ft
  10. Packwaukee790 ft
  11. Packwaukee, Marquette County780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Cascade Mountain1,290 ft
  • Observatory Hill, Marquette County1,100 ft
  • Stone Hill950 ft
  • Rock Hill, Green Lake County939 ft
  • Grays Rocks840 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.