Plum Lake, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plum Lake, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,610 ft on the southeast side to 1,870 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,870 ft 570 m1,800 ft 550 m1,770 ft 540 m1,710 ft 520 m1,640 ft 500 m1,610 ft 490 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
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

Plum Lake sits at about 1,670 ft (510 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,670 ft 510 m
most residents: 1,640–1,730 ft
Lowest
1,610 ft 490 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,870 ft 570 m
on the northeast side
Average
1,710 ft 520 m
all land inside town boundaries

Plum Lake 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
1,670 ft510 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the northeast side
1,870 ft570 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
1,610 ft490 m
Average of all land1,710 ft520 m

Elevation profile, west to east

12 mi west to east through the middle of Plum Lake.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Plum Lake, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,610 ft on the southeast side to 1,870 ft on the northeast side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
583 2024 est.
Land area
86.4 sq mi + 11.8 sq mi water
Density
6.7 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.9932° N, 89.5019° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Wisconsin River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 6
54512 54519 54521 54540 54560 54561
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Conover1,680 ft
  2. Plum Lake1,670 ft
  3. Sayner1,670 ft
  4. Boulder Junction1,650 ft
  5. Boulder Junction, Vilas County1,650 ft
  6. Cloverland1,640 ft
  7. St. Germain1,630 ft
  8. Arbor Vitae1,630 ft
  9. Woodruff1,610 ft
  10. Woodruff, Oneida County1,610 ft
  11. Minocqua1,600 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Military Hill1,850 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.