Monroe County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Wisconsin, shaded from 710 ft on the northwest side to 1,460 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,460 ft 445 m1,270 ft 390 m1,180 ft 360 m990 ft 300 m800 ft 245 m710 ft 215 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Monroe County averages about 1,050 ft (320 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 710 ft on the northwest side to 1,460 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
1,050 ft 320 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,460 ft 445 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
710 ft 215 m
on the northwest side

Monroe County spans about 750 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 land1,050 ft320 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,460 ft445 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
710 ft215 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Sparta.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Monroe County, Wisconsin, shaded from 710 ft on the northwest side to 1,460 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
46,370 2024 est.
Land area
900.9 sq mi + 7.2 sq mi water
Density
51 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Vernon County1,090 ft
  2. Monroe County1,050 ft
  3. Jackson County980 ft
  4. Juneau County950 ft
  5. La Crosse County900 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Red Rock1,410 ft
  • Limekiln Hill1,410 ft
  • Wadels Hill1,410 ft
  • Bellevue Hill1,360 ft
  • Mount Eve1,350 ft
All 36 towns in Monroe County by typical elevation
  1. Cashton1,360 ft
  2. Town of Jefferson1,310 ft
  3. Ridgeville1,310 ft
  4. Wellington1,290 ft
  5. Wilton1,290 ft
  6. Portland, Monroe County1,240 ft
  7. Wells1,210 ft
  8. Sheldon1,190 ft
  9. Town of Glendale1,170 ft
  10. Grant, Monroe County1,150 ft
  11. Adrian1,150 ft
  12. Clifton, Monroe County1,140 ft
  13. Town of Greenfield1,100 ft
  14. Town of Tomah1,090 ft
  15. Warrens1,090 ft
  16. Oakdale1,070 ft
  17. Tunnel City1,060 ft
  18. Melvina1,050 ft
  19. Kendall1,040 ft
  20. New Lyme1,040 ft
  21. Lincoln, Monroe County1,030 ft
  22. Norwalk1,030 ft
  23. Village of Wilton1,000 ft
  24. La Grange, Monroe County980 ft
  25. Tomah970 ft
  26. Scott, Monroe County950 ft
  27. Village of Oakdale940 ft
  28. Byron, Monroe County920 ft
  29. Wyeville920 ft
  30. Lafayette, Monroe County920 ft
  31. Leon, Monroe County910 ft
  32. Little Falls900 ft
  33. Angelo860 ft
  34. Cataract850 ft
  35. Town of Sparta850 ft
  36. Sparta790 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.
  • 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.