Town of Franklin, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Franklin, Wisconsin, shaded from 780 ft on the southeast side to 1,220 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,220 ft 370 m1,110 ft 340 m1,060 ft 320 m950 ft 290 m840 ft 255 m780 ft 240 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Town of Franklin sits at about 1,060 ft (325 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,060 ft 325 m
most residents: 890–1,120 ft
Lowest
780 ft 240 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the north side
Average
970 ft 295 m
all land inside town boundaries

Town of Franklin spans about 440 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
1,060 ft325 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
1,220 ft370 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
780 ft240 m
Airport (LNR)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.6 mi southwest of the town boundaries
717 ft219 m
Average of all land970 ft295 m

Elevation profile, south to north

10 mi south to north through the middle of Town of Franklin.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Franklin, Wisconsin, shaded from 780 ft on the southeast side to 1,220 ft on the north side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
659 2024 est.
Land area
48.8 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
14 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.2999° N, 90.0421° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wisconsin River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Tri-County Regional (LNR) 717 ft
ZIP codes 4
53577 53588 53937 53943
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

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.