Manitowoc County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 1,080 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,080 ft 330 m950 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m770 ft 235 m640 ft 195 m580 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Manitowoc County averages about 780 ft (235 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the north side to 1,080 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
780 ft 235 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the north side

Manitowoc County spans about 500 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 land780 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
1,080 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

51 mi west to east through Manitowoc.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft on the north side to 1,080 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
81,513 2024 est.
Land area
589.3 sq mi + 904.8 sq mi water
Density
138 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Calumet County880 ft
  2. Sheboygan County850 ft
  3. Manistee County, MI790 ft
  4. Manitowoc County780 ft
  5. Brown County750 ft
  6. Kewaunee County730 ft
  7. Mason County, MI690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 32 towns in Manitowoc County by typical elevation
  1. Kiel920 ft
  2. Schleswig910 ft
  3. St. Nazianz870 ft
  4. Meeme870 ft
  5. Maple Grove, Manitowoc County870 ft
  6. Whitelaw860 ft
  7. Liberty860 ft
  8. Maribel850 ft
  9. Cooperstown850 ft
  10. Eaton, Manitowoc County850 ft
  11. Town of Franklin850 ft
  12. Valders840 ft
  13. Cato830 ft
  14. Kellnersville830 ft
  15. Clarks Mills830 ft
  16. Reedsville830 ft
  17. Rockland, Manitowoc County820 ft
  18. Collins810 ft
  19. Manitowoc Rapids740 ft
  20. Francis Creek730 ft
  21. Newton720 ft
  22. Gibson710 ft
  23. Kossuth690 ft
  24. Centerville670 ft
  25. Two Creeks650 ft
  26. Town of Mishicot650 ft
  27. Manitowoc640 ft
  28. Cleveland640 ft
  29. Town of Manitowoc640 ft
  30. Mishicot620 ft
  31. Town of Two Rivers620 ft
  32. Two Rivers600 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.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 560 ft at 44.1838° N, 87.6554° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.