Mercer, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mercer, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,510 ft on the southwest side to 1,770 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,770 ft 540 m1,710 ft 520 m1,670 ft 510 m1,610 ft 490 m1,550 ft 470 m1,510 ft 460 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.
Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Mercer sits at about 1,600 ft (490 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,600 ft 490 m
most residents: 1,580–1,620 ft
Lowest
1,510 ft 460 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,770 ft 540 m
on the west side
Average
1,620 ft 495 m
all land inside town boundaries

Mercer spans about 260 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
1,600 ft490 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
1,770 ft540 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
1,510 ft460 m
Town center
USGS map point for Mercer
1,600 ft490 m
Airport (D25)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.2 mi east of the town boundaries
1,610 ft491 m
Average of all land1,620 ft495 m

Elevation profile, west to east

18 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mercer, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,510 ft on the southwest side to 1,770 ft on the west side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
1,690 2024 est.
Land area
168.5 sq mi + 16.4 sq mi water
Density
10 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.1655° N, 90.0627° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Flambeau River → Chippewa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Manitowish Waters (D25) 1,610 ft
ZIP codes 3
54514 54547 54552
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Presque Isle1,670 ft
  2. Winchester, Vilas County1,650 ft
  3. Oma1,640 ft
  4. Manitowish Waters1,610 ft
  5. Lac du Flambeau, Vilas County1,600 ft
  6. Lac du Flambeau1,600 ft
  7. Mercer, Iron County1,600 ft
  8. Mercer1,600 ft
  9. Sherman, Iron County1,580 ft
  10. Carey1,540 ft
  11. Erwin Township, MI1,540 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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.