Burnett County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burnett County, Wisconsin, shaded from 770 ft on the southwest side to 1,470 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,470 ft 450 m1,300 ft 395 m1,210 ft 370 m1,030 ft 315 m860 ft 260 m770 ft 235 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Burnett County averages about 990 ft (300 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 770 ft on the southwest side to 1,470 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
990 ft 300 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the southwest side

Burnett County spans about 700 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land990 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,470 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
770 ft235 m

Elevation profile, west to east

36 mi west to east through Grantsburg.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Burnett County, Wisconsin, shaded from 770 ft on the southwest side to 1,470 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
17,187 2024 est.
Land area
821.6 sq mi + 58.6 sq mi water
Density
21 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland 99%
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Barron County1,200 ft
  2. Washburn County1,170 ft
  3. Polk County1,120 ft
  4. Pine County, MN1,070 ft
  5. Douglas County1,060 ft
  6. Burnett County990 ft
  7. Chisago County, MN910 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pease Hill1,010 ft
All 25 towns in Burnett County by typical elevation
  1. Roosevelt, Burnett County1,190 ft
  2. Dewey, Burnett County1,080 ft
  3. Blaine1,020 ft
  4. Scott, Burnett County1,010 ft
  5. Daniels1,010 ft
  6. Webb Lake1,000 ft
  7. Town of Jackson1,000 ft
  8. La Follette1,000 ft
  9. Village of Siren990 ft
  10. Rusk, Burnett County990 ft
  11. Siren990 ft
  12. Sand Lake, Burnett County990 ft
  13. Meenon980 ft
  14. Village of Webster980 ft
  15. Lincoln, Burnett County970 ft
  16. Oakland, Burnett County970 ft
  17. Trade Lake960 ft
  18. Union, Burnett County960 ft
  19. Swiss960 ft
  20. Wood River940 ft
  21. Danbury940 ft
  22. West Marshland930 ft
  23. Grantsburg920 ft
  24. Town of Grantsburg910 ft
  25. Anderson890 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.