Fairbanks, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairbanks, Wisconsin, shaded from 910 ft on the southeast side to 1,220 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,220 ft 375 m1,150 ft 350 m1,110 ft 340 m1,030 ft 315 m950 ft 290 m910 ft 280 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
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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Fairbanks sits at about 1,020 ft (310 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,020 ft 310 m
most residents: 970–1,060 ft
Lowest
910 ft 280 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,220 ft 375 m
on the west side
Average
1,010 ft 310 m
all land inside town boundaries

Fairbanks spans about 310 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
1,020 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,220 ft375 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
910 ft280 m
Average of all land1,010 ft310 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Fairbanks.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Fairbanks, Wisconsin, shaded from 910 ft on the southeast side to 1,220 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
530 2024 est.
Land area
34.2 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
16 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.7180° N, 89.0452° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Wolf River
ZIP codes 1
54486
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Germania1,130 ft
  2. Morris1,100 ft
  3. Town of Harrison1,060 ft
  4. Tigerton1,030 ft
  5. Fairbanks1,020 ft
  6. Grant, Shawano County950 ft
  7. Wyoming, Waupaca County950 ft
  8. Caroline940 ft
  9. Dupont910 ft
  10. Village of Big Falls900 ft
  11. City of Marion860 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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. All public domain.