Columbia County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia County, Wisconsin, shaded from 730 ft on the southwest side to 1,470 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,470 ft 450 m1,290 ft 390 m1,190 ft 365 m1,010 ft 310 m820 ft 250 m730 ft 225 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

Columbia County averages about 910 ft (280 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 730 ft on the southwest side to 1,470 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
910 ft 280 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,470 ft 450 m
on the west side
Lowest
730 ft 225 m
on the southwest side

Columbia County spans about 740 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 land910 ft280 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,470 ft450 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
730 ft225 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Portage.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia County, Wisconsin, shaded from 730 ft on the southwest side to 1,470 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
58,113 2024 est.
Land area
765.6 sq mi + 30.4 sq mi water
Density
76 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 67%, Great Lakes 33%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Adams County980 ft
  2. Sauk County970 ft
  3. Juneau County950 ft
  4. Dane County950 ft
  5. Dodge County910 ft
  6. Columbia County910 ft
  7. Green Lake County860 ft
  8. Marquette County840 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Townhall Hill1,350 ft
  • Cascade Mountain1,290 ft
  • Goose Egg Hill1,120 ft
All 37 towns in Columbia County by typical elevation
  1. Arlington1,050 ft
  2. Town of Arlington1,050 ft
  3. Leeds1,020 ft
  4. Friesland1,000 ft
  5. Lowville1,000 ft
  6. Randolph partly960 ft
  7. Otsego960 ft
  8. Town of Randolph960 ft
  9. Doylestown950 ft
  10. Hampden950 ft
  11. Courtland940 ft
  12. Rio940 ft
  13. Springvale, Columbia County930 ft
  14. Wisconsin Dells910 ft
  15. Town of Caledonia910 ft
  16. Newport900 ft
  17. Town of Columbus900 ft
  18. Cambria900 ft
  19. Fountain Prairie890 ft
  20. Scott, Columbia County890 ft
  21. Dekorra880 ft
  22. Marcellon880 ft
  23. City of Lodi870 ft
  24. Fall River870 ft
  25. West Point860 ft
  26. Poynette850 ft
  27. Columbus850 ft
  28. Dekorra, Columbia County840 ft
  29. Lodi830 ft
  30. Lake Wisconsin830 ft
  31. Wyocena830 ft
  32. Fort Winnebago820 ft
  33. Pardeeville820 ft
  34. Village of Wyocena810 ft
  35. Portage810 ft
  36. Lewiston800 ft
  37. Pacific800 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.