Forest County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,250 ft on the southeast side to 1,940 ft on Sugarbush Hill
Elevation
1,940 ft 590 m1,770 ft 540 m1,680 ft 510 m1,510 ft 460 m1,340 ft 410 m1,250 ft 380 m
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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

Forest County averages about 1,590 ft (485 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,250 ft on the southeast side to 1,940 ft on Sugarbush Hill.

Average elevation
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,940 ft 590 m
on Sugarbush Hill
Lowest
1,250 ft 380 m
on the southeast side

Forest County spans about 690 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 land1,590 ft485 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Sugarbush Hill (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,940 ft590 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,250 ft380 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Crandon.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Forest County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,250 ft on the southeast side to 1,940 ft on Sugarbush Hill
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
9,506 2024 est.
Land area
1,014.3 sq mi + 32.2 sq mi water
Density
9.4 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Vilas County1,670 ft
  2. Oneida County1,600 ft
  3. Forest County1,590 ft
  4. Iron County, MI1,540 ft
  5. Langlade County1,530 ft
  6. Florence County1,390 ft
  7. Marinette County900 ft
  8. Oconto County870 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sugarbush Hill1,940 ft
  • East Hill1,860 ft
  • West Hill1,750 ft
All 20 towns in Forest County by typical elevation
  1. Lincoln, Forest County1,660 ft
  2. Town of Crandon1,660 ft
  3. Hiles1,660 ft
  4. Argonne1,640 ft
  5. Alvin1,640 ft
  6. Argonne, Forest County1,640 ft
  7. Crandon1,630 ft
  8. Freedom, Forest County1,600 ft
  9. Laona, Forest County1,590 ft
  10. Wabeno, Forest County1,590 ft
  11. Laona1,590 ft
  12. Newald1,580 ft
  13. Popple River1,580 ft
  14. Ross1,580 ft
  15. Nashville1,570 ft
  16. Wabeno1,560 ft
  17. Mole Lake1,550 ft
  18. Caswell1,510 ft
  19. Armstrong Creek1,500 ft
  20. Blackwell1,470 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.