Crandon, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crandon, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,590 ft on the north side to 1,860 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,860 ft 565 m1,790 ft 545 m1,760 ft 535 m1,690 ft 515 m1,620 ft 495 m1,590 ft 485 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Crandon sits at about 1,630 ft (495 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,630 ft 495 m
most residents: 1,620–1,710 ft
Lowest
1,590 ft 485 m
on the north side
Highest
1,860 ft 565 m
on the southeast side
Average
1,680 ft 510 m
all land inside city limits

Crandon spans about 270 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
1,630 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
1,860 ft565 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
1,590 ft485 m
Town center
USGS map point for Crandon
1,620 ft495 m
Airport (Y55)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.9 mi south of the city limits
1,650 ft503 m
Average of all land1,680 ft510 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crandon, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,590 ft on the north side to 1,860 ft on the southeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
City in Forest County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
1,737 2024 est.
Land area
5.2 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
333 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.5719° N, 88.9029° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Wolf River
Airport
Crandon/Steve Conway Municipal (Y55) 1,650 ft
ZIP codes 1
54520
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lincoln, Forest County1,660 ft
  2. Town of Crandon1,660 ft
  3. Hiles1,660 ft
  4. Argonne1,640 ft
  5. Argonne, Forest County1,640 ft
  6. Crandon1,630 ft
  7. Freedom, Forest County1,600 ft
  8. Laona, Forest County1,590 ft
  9. Laona1,590 ft
  10. Nashville1,570 ft
  11. Mole Lake1,550 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugarbush Hill1,940 ft
  • East Hill1,860 ft
  • West Hill1,750 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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. All public domain.