Iron County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,870 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,870 ft 570 m1,560 ft 475 m1,400 ft 425 m1,080 ft 330 m760 ft 230 m600 ft 185 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
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Elevation Data

Iron County averages about 1,520 ft (465 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,870 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
1,520 ft 465 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,870 ft 570 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
600 ft 185 m
on the northwest side

Iron County spans about 1,270 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 land1,520 ft465 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,870 ft570 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
600 ft185 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Mercer.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iron County, Wisconsin, shaded from 600 ft on the northwest side to 1,870 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 100 ft (30 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
6,235 2024 est.
Land area
758.2 sq mi + 161.0 sq mi water
Density
8.2 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Gulf of America 54%, Great Lakes 46%
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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. Price County1,530 ft
  3. Iron County1,520 ft
  4. Gogebic County, MI1,470 ft
  5. Ashland County1,230 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 16 towns in Iron County by typical elevation
  1. Oma1,640 ft
  2. Pence, Iron County1,630 ft
  3. Pence1,630 ft
  4. Mercer, Iron County1,600 ft
  5. Mercer1,600 ft
  6. Sherman, Iron County1,580 ft
  7. Knight1,580 ft
  8. Iron Belt1,560 ft
  9. Montreal1,540 ft
  10. Carey1,540 ft
  11. Hurley1,490 ft
  12. Anderson, Iron County1,480 ft
  13. Kimball1,340 ft
  14. Saxon, Iron County1,160 ft
  15. Saxon1,130 ft
  16. Gurney1,080 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. 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.