Elk, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,360 ft on the west side to 1,570 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,570 ft 480 m1,520 ft 465 m1,490 ft 455 m1,440 ft 440 m1,390 ft 420 m1,360 ft 415 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
⤓ Download this map
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Elk sits at about 1,460 ft (445 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,460 ft 445 m
most residents: 1,420–1,470 ft
Lowest
1,360 ft 415 m
on the west side
Highest
1,570 ft 480 m
on the south side
Average
1,450 ft 440 m
all land inside town boundaries

Elk spans about 210 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
1,460 ft445 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
1,570 ft480 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,360 ft415 m
Airport (PBH)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi east of the town boundaries
1,497 ft456 m
Average of all land1,450 ft440 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the middle of Elk.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Elk, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,360 ft on the west side to 1,570 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
972 2024 est.
Land area
51.7 sq mi + 2.7 sq mi water
Density
19 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.6975° N, 90.4894° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Flambeau River → Chippewa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Price County (PBH) 1,497 ft
ZIP codes 1
54555
⤓ Download this map

WebP, 1200 × 900. Free to use: credit “ElevationOf.com” with a link to this page.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hackett1,570 ft
  2. Georgetown, Price County1,530 ft
  3. Village of Kennan1,510 ft
  4. Harmony, Price County1,510 ft
  5. Worcester1,510 ft
  6. Village of Catawba1,500 ft
  7. Phillips1,480 ft
  8. Flambeau, Price County1,470 ft
  9. Elk1,460 ft
  10. Catawba1,450 ft
  11. South Fork1,400 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Hallberg Hill1,570 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. All public domain.