Kenosha County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, shaded from 570 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the west side
Elevation
990 ft 300 m890 ft 270 m830 ft 255 m730 ft 225 m630 ft 190 m570 ft 175 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.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Kenosha County averages about 750 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
750 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
990 ft 300 m
on the west side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the west side

Kenosha County spans about 420 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 land750 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
990 ft300 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

65 mi west to east through Kenosha.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kenosha County, Wisconsin, shaded from 570 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
168,754 2024 est.
Land area
271.8 sq mi + 482.2 sq mi water
Density
621 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 71%, Great Lakes 29%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Walworth County920 ft
  2. McHenry County, IL870 ft
  3. Racine County760 ft
  4. Kenosha County750 ft
  5. Lake County, IL740 ft
  6. Allegan County, MI710 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Moriah870 ft
All 16 towns in Kenosha County by typical elevation
  1. Genoa City partly880 ft
  2. Randall860 ft
  3. Powers Lake860 ft
  4. Twin Lakes840 ft
  5. Paddock Lake810 ft
  6. Brighton800 ft
  7. New Munster780 ft
  8. Wheatland780 ft
  9. Bristol770 ft
  10. Lily Lake770 ft
  11. Paris770 ft
  12. Salem Lakes770 ft
  13. Town of Somers700 ft
  14. Pleasant Prairie690 ft
  15. Somers680 ft
  16. Kenosha620 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.