Jackson County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Wisconsin, shaded from 680 ft on the southwest side to 1,411 ft on Saddle Mound
Elevation
1,410 ft 430 m1,230 ft 375 m1,140 ft 345 m950 ft 290 m770 ft 235 m680 ft 205 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
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County area
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Elevation Data

Jackson County averages about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 680 ft on the southwest side to 1,411 ft on Saddle Mound.

Average elevation
980 ft 300 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,411 ft 430 m
on Saddle Mound
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the southwest side

Jackson County spans about 730 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 land980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Saddle Mound (NGS survey height)
1,411 ft430 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
680 ft205 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Black River Falls.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Jackson County, Wisconsin, shaded from 680 ft on the southwest side to 1,411 ft on Saddle Mound
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
21,027 2024 est.
Land area
987.9 sq mi + 12.6 sq mi water
Density
21 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Clark County1,160 ft
  2. Wood County1,080 ft
  3. Monroe County1,050 ft
  4. Eau Claire County990 ft
  5. Jackson County980 ft
  6. Juneau County950 ft
  7. Trempealeau County930 ft
  8. La Crosse County900 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Saddle Mound, Jackson County1,411 ft
  • Knapp Mound1,340 ft
  • Wildcat Mound, Jackson County1,320 ft
  • Stanley Mound1,300 ft
  • Mound View Rock1,290 ft
All 31 towns in Jackson County by typical elevation
  1. Town of Cleveland1,190 ft
  2. Garfield, Jackson County1,070 ft
  3. Town of Franklin1,050 ft
  4. Garden Valley1,040 ft
  5. Town of Knapp1,030 ft
  6. Northfield1,010 ft
  7. Curran1,000 ft
  8. Hixton1,000 ft
  9. Bear Bluff1,000 ft
  10. Alma Center990 ft
  11. Alma980 ft
  12. City Point980 ft
  13. Albion, Jackson County960 ft
  14. Springfield, Jackson County950 ft
  15. Village of Hixton930 ft
  16. Merrillan930 ft
  17. Millston920 ft
  18. Millston, Jackson County920 ft
  19. Taylor900 ft
  20. Town of Adams890 ft
  21. Hatfield890 ft
  22. Irving880 ft
  23. Komensky880 ft
  24. Sand Pillow880 ft
  25. Manchester, Jackson County880 ft
  26. Mission880 ft
  27. Brockway860 ft
  28. Black River Falls830 ft
  29. North Bend830 ft
  30. Town of Melrose820 ft
  31. Melrose780 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.
  • Highest ground: the single highest 3DEP cell, 1,400 ft at 44.5568° N, 90.9938° W, has no federal (GNIS) summit name within 980 ft (300 m), so the high point shown is the highest of the 25 highest cells with a GNIS summit within 1,640 ft (500 m).
  • 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.