Meteor, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meteor, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,220 ft on the northeast side to 1,800 ft on Meteor Hill
Elevation
1,800 ft 550 m1,660 ft 505 m1,580 ft 480 m1,440 ft 440 m1,290 ft 395 m1,220 ft 370 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
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

Meteor sits at about 1,640 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,640 ft 500 m
most residents: 1,330–1,690 ft
Lowest
1,220 ft 370 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,800 ft 550 m
on Meteor Hill
Average
1,570 ft 475 m
all land inside town boundaries

Meteor spans about 580 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
1,640 ft500 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on Meteor Hill
1,800 ft550 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,220 ft370 m
Town center
USGS map point for Meteor
1,590 ft485 m
Average of all land1,570 ft475 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Meteor, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,220 ft on the northeast side to 1,800 ft on Meteor Hill
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
173 2024 est.
Land area
34.3 sq mi + 0.9 sq mi water
Density
5.0 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.6894° N, 91.3649° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Chippewa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 2
54817 54835
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Meteor1,640 ft
  2. Wilson, Rusk County1,400 ft
  3. Couderay1,310 ft
  4. Village of Couderay1,270 ft
  5. Radisson1,260 ft
  6. Edgewater1,260 ft
  7. Village of Birchwood1,260 ft
  8. Village of Radisson1,240 ft
  9. Murry1,210 ft
  10. Exeland1,200 ft
  11. Weirgor1,200 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Meteor Hill1,800 ft
  • Mount Atlanta1,720 ft
  • Bald Hill1,710 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.