Town of Medford, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Medford, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southwest side to 1,580 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,580 ft 480 m1,520 ft 460 m1,490 ft 455 m1,430 ft 435 m1,370 ft 420 m1,340 ft 410 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Town of Medford sits at about 1,450 ft (440 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,450 ft 440 m
most residents: 1,410–1,490 ft
Lowest
1,340 ft 410 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,580 ft 480 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,450 ft 440 m
all land inside town boundaries

Town of Medford spans about 240 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
1,450 ft440 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,580 ft480 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
1,340 ft410 m
Airport (MDZ)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.4 mi southeast of the town boundaries
1,478 ft450 m
Average of all land1,450 ft440 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.9 mi west to east through the middle of Town of Medford.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Town of Medford, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,340 ft on the southwest side to 1,580 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
2,506 2024 est.
Land area
37.1 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
67 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.1576° N, 90.3559° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Black River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Taylor County (MDZ) 1,478 ft
ZIP codes 1
54451
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Chelsea1,500 ft
  2. Browning1,490 ft
  3. Whittlesey1,490 ft
  4. Molitor1,460 ft
  5. Town of Medford1,450 ft
  6. Deer Creek1,450 ft
  7. Stetsonville1,450 ft
  8. Medford1,440 ft
  9. Little Black1,420 ft
  10. Hammel1,370 ft
  11. Holway1,350 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Spokes Hill1,780 ft
  • Hallberg Hill1,570 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) 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).
  • 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 (FAA airport elevation, 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 (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.