Milwaukee County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
990 ft 305 m890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m730 ft 225 m630 ft 190 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

Milwaukee County averages about 710 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the west side to 990 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
710 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
990 ft 305 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the west side

Milwaukee County spans about 410 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 land710 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
990 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

49 mi west to east through Milwaukee.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft on the west side to 990 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
924,740 2024 est.
Land area
241.5 sq mi + 948.1 sq mi water
Density
3,830 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. Waukesha County890 ft
  2. Ozaukee County780 ft
  3. Racine County760 ft
  4. Milwaukee County710 ft
  5. Muskegon County, MI670 ft
  6. Ottawa County, MI660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Milwaukee County by typical elevation
  1. Hales Corners790 ft
  2. Greenfield770 ft
  3. Franklin770 ft
  4. Greendale760 ft
  5. West Allis740 ft
  6. Wauwatosa730 ft
  7. Oak Creek700 ft
  8. Cudahy700 ft
  9. River Hills690 ft
  10. Fox Point690 ft
  11. Milwaukee680 ft
  12. Brown Deer680 ft
  13. St. Francis680 ft
  14. Shorewood670 ft
  15. Bayside670 ft
  16. South Milwaukee670 ft
  17. West Milwaukee660 ft
  18. Glendale650 ft
  19. Whitefish Bay650 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, 460 ft at 42.9060° N, 87.9879° 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.