Iowa County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iowa County, Wisconsin, shaded from 650 ft on the northwest side to 1,720 ft on Blue Mounds
Elevation
1,720 ft 525 m1,450 ft 440 m1,320 ft 400 m1,050 ft 320 m790 ft 240 m650 ft 200 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Iowa County averages about 1,020 ft (310 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 650 ft on the northwest side to 1,720 ft on Blue Mounds.

Average elevation
1,020 ft 310 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,720 ft 525 m
on Blue Mounds
Lowest
650 ft 200 m
on the northwest side

Iowa County spans about 1,070 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 land1,020 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Blue Mounds (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,720 ft525 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
650 ft200 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Dodgeville.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iowa County, Wisconsin, shaded from 650 ft on the northwest side to 1,720 ft on Blue Mounds
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
23,963 2024 est.
Land area
762.7 sq mi + 5.4 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
⤓ Download this map

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

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Iowa County1,020 ft
  2. Sauk County970 ft
  3. Lafayette County960 ft
  4. Richland County960 ft
  5. Dane County950 ft
  6. Grant County950 ft
  7. Green County930 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Blue Mounds1,720 ft
  • Bunker Hill, Iowa County1,220 ft
  • Dunbar Hill1,190 ft
  • Indian Castle1,170 ft
  • Pine Knob, Iowa County1,140 ft
All 30 towns in Iowa County by typical elevation
  1. Dodgeville1,220 ft
  2. Edmund1,210 ft
  3. Barneveld1,180 ft
  4. Cobb1,180 ft
  5. Highland1,170 ft
  6. Montfort partly1,170 ft
  7. Town of Dodgeville1,160 ft
  8. Eden, Iowa County1,140 ft
  9. Livingston partly1,140 ft
  10. Linden1,130 ft
  11. Rewey1,130 ft
  12. Ridgeway1,130 ft
  13. Village of Linden1,120 ft
  14. Town of Mineral Point1,090 ft
  15. Town of Ridgeway1,090 ft
  16. Mineral Point1,080 ft
  17. Mifflin1,080 ft
  18. Brigham1,070 ft
  19. Waldwick1,060 ft
  20. Town of Highland1,040 ft
  21. Moscow970 ft
  22. Town of Pulaski940 ft
  23. Wyoming920 ft
  24. Clyde910 ft
  25. Hollandale870 ft
  26. Blanchardville partly850 ft
  27. Arena760 ft
  28. Village of Arena740 ft
  29. Avoca700 ft
  30. Muscoda partly690 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.