Lafayette County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, shaded from 670 ft on the southwest side to 1,440 ft on Platte Mounds
Elevation
1,440 ft 435 m1,240 ft 380 m1,150 ft 350 m960 ft 290 m770 ft 235 m670 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.
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

Lafayette County averages about 960 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 670 ft on the southwest side to 1,440 ft on Platte Mounds.

Average elevation
960 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,440 ft 435 m
on Platte Mounds
Lowest
670 ft 205 m
on the southwest side

Lafayette County spans about 770 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 land960 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Platte Mounds (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,440 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
670 ft205 m

Elevation profile, west to east

30 mi west to east through Darlington.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lafayette County, Wisconsin, shaded from 670 ft on the southwest side to 1,440 ft on Platte Mounds
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
17,306 2024 est.
Land area
633.6 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
27 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. Iowa County1,020 ft
  2. Lafayette County960 ft
  3. Grant County950 ft
  4. Green County930 ft
  5. Stephenson County, IL870 ft
  6. Jo Daviess County, IL840 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Platte Mounds1,440 ft
  • Belmont Mound1,400 ft
  • Little Mound1,280 ft
  • White Hill1,250 ft
All 30 towns in Lafayette County by typical elevation
  1. Town of Belmont1,070 ft
  2. Belmont1,050 ft
  3. White Oak Springs1,050 ft
  4. Fayette1,040 ft
  5. Town of Monticello1,040 ft
  6. Town of Kendall1,020 ft
  7. Town of Shullsburg1,020 ft
  8. Town of Seymour1,010 ft
  9. Cuba City partly1,000 ft
  10. Wiota, Lafayette County990 ft
  11. Elk Grove990 ft
  12. Shullsburg990 ft
  13. Lamont990 ft
  14. Willow Springs980 ft
  15. Gratiot960 ft
  16. Hazel Green partly940 ft
  17. Town of Benton940 ft
  18. Town of Darlington930 ft
  19. Wiota920 ft
  20. Blanchard910 ft
  21. Benton910 ft
  22. Town of Argyle900 ft
  23. Darlington890 ft
  24. New Diggings890 ft
  25. Wayne, Lafayette County880 ft
  26. Village of Gratiot850 ft
  27. Blanchardville850 ft
  28. South Wayne850 ft
  29. Argyle830 ft
  30. Woodford790 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.