Hughes, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hughes, Wisconsin, shaded from 990 ft on the north side to 1,310 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,310 ft 400 m1,230 ft 375 m1,190 ft 365 m1,110 ft 340 m1,030 ft 315 m990 ft 305 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

Hughes sits at about 1,140 ft (345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,140 ft 345 m
most residents: 1,100–1,200 ft
Lowest
990 ft 305 m
on the north side
Highest
1,310 ft 400 m
on the south side
Average
1,180 ft 360 m
all land inside town boundaries

Hughes spans about 320 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
1,140 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the south side
1,310 ft400 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the north side
990 ft305 m
Average of all land1,180 ft360 m

Elevation profile, south to north

9.0 mi south to north through the middle of Hughes.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Hughes, Wisconsin, shaded from 990 ft on the north side to 1,310 ft on the south side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
489 2024 est.
Land area
52.2 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
9.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.5577° N, 91.4806° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Saint Marys River → Niagara River
ZIP codes 2
54820 54847
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Lake Nebagamon1,150 ft
  2. Hughes1,140 ft
  3. Iron River1,130 ft
  4. Iron River, Bayfield County1,120 ft
  5. Delta1,120 ft
  6. Brule, Douglas County1,060 ft
  7. Maple1,060 ft
  8. Brule1,040 ft
  9. Oulu1,000 ft
  10. Tripp990 ft
  11. Cloverland, Douglas County780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Sugar Camp Hill1,250 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.