Racine County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Racine County, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft on the northwest side to 950 ft on the west side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m850 ft 260 m810 ft 245 m720 ft 220 m620 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
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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

Racine County averages about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the northwest side to 950 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
760 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the west side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northwest side

Racine County spans about 370 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 land760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

64 mi west to east through Racine.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Racine County, Wisconsin, shaded from 580 ft on the northwest side to 950 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
198,651 2024 est.
Land area
332.6 sq mi + 459.5 sq mi water
Density
597 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America 58%, Great Lakes 42%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Walworth County920 ft
  2. Waukesha County890 ft
  3. Racine County760 ft
  4. Kenosha County750 ft
  5. Allegan County, MI710 ft
  6. Milwaukee County710 ft
  7. Ottawa County, MI660 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Tom, Racine County890 ft
All 22 towns in Racine County by typical elevation
  1. Bohners Lake840 ft
  2. Dover810 ft
  3. Town of Burlington810 ft
  4. Eagle Lake810 ft
  5. Waterford800 ft
  6. Tichigan800 ft
  7. Browns Lake790 ft
  8. Village of Waterford790 ft
  9. Burlington790 ft
  10. Rochester780 ft
  11. Norway780 ft
  12. Union Grove780 ft
  13. Wind Lake780 ft
  14. Yorkville760 ft
  15. Raymond760 ft
  16. Sturtevant710 ft
  17. Mount Pleasant700 ft
  18. Caledonia660 ft
  19. Elmwood Park650 ft
  20. Racine630 ft
  21. Wind Point610 ft
  22. North Bay610 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.