Pence, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pence, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,410 ft on the northwest side to 1,750 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,750 ft 535 m1,670 ft 510 m1,630 ft 495 m1,540 ft 470 m1,460 ft 445 m1,410 ft 430 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

Pence sits at about 1,630 ft (495 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,630 ft 495 m
most residents: 1,510–1,640 ft
Lowest
1,410 ft 430 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,750 ft 535 m
near the middle
Average
1,590 ft 485 m
all land inside town boundaries

Pence spans about 340 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
1,630 ft495 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
1,750 ft535 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side
1,410 ft430 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pence
1,630 ft495 m
Airport (IWD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 7.8 mi northeast of the town boundaries
1,230 ft375 m
Average of all land1,590 ft485 m

Elevation profile, south to north

11 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pence, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,410 ft on the northwest side to 1,750 ft near the middle
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
158 2024 est.
Land area
32.4 sq mi + 3.9 sq mi water
Density
4.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.4152° N, 90.2716° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Saint Marys River → Niagara River
Airport
Gogebic/Iron County (IWD) 1,230 ft
ZIP codes 2
54534 54550
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Pence, Iron County1,630 ft
  2. Pence1,630 ft
  3. Knight1,580 ft
  4. Iron Belt1,560 ft
  5. Montreal1,540 ft
  6. Carey1,540 ft
  7. Erwin Township, MI1,540 ft
  8. Ironwood, MI1,500 ft
  9. Hurley1,490 ft
  10. Anderson, Iron County1,480 ft
  11. Kimball1,340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Whittlesey1,872 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.