Rusk County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rusk County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,750 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,750 ft 535 m1,580 ft 480 m1,490 ft 455 m1,310 ft 400 m1,130 ft 345 m1,040 ft 320 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
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Elevation Data

Rusk County averages about 1,240 ft (380 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,750 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,240 ft 380 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,750 ft 535 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,040 ft 320 m
on the south side

Rusk County spans about 710 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 land1,240 ft380 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,750 ft535 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,040 ft320 m

Elevation profile, west to east

42 mi west to east through Ladysmith.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rusk County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,040 ft on the south side to 1,750 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
14,168 2024 est.
Land area
913.5 sq mi + 17.3 sq mi water
Density
16 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland 99%
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. Price County1,530 ft
  2. Taylor County1,390 ft
  3. Sawyer County1,370 ft
  4. Rusk County1,240 ft
  5. Barron County1,200 ft
  6. Chippewa County1,060 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Atlanta1,720 ft
  • Bald Hill1,710 ft
All 33 towns in Rusk County by typical elevation
  1. Wilkinson1,610 ft
  2. Wilson, Rusk County1,400 ft
  3. South Fork1,400 ft
  4. Cedar Rapids1,380 ft
  5. Town of Hawkins1,360 ft
  6. Hawkins1,360 ft
  7. Richland, Rusk County1,330 ft
  8. Ingram1,300 ft
  9. Strickland1,300 ft
  10. True1,280 ft
  11. Glen Flora1,280 ft
  12. Big Falls1,260 ft
  13. Lawrence, Rusk County1,240 ft
  14. Dewey, Rusk County1,240 ft
  15. Tony1,220 ft
  16. Murry1,210 ft
  17. Weyerhaeuser1,200 ft
  18. Hubbard, Rusk County1,190 ft
  19. Grow1,180 ft
  20. Rusk1,160 ft
  21. Flambeau1,160 ft
  22. Atlanta1,160 ft
  23. Conrath1,150 ft
  24. Ladysmith1,140 ft
  25. Grant, Rusk County1,140 ft
  26. Willard1,130 ft
  27. Town of Marshall1,130 ft
  28. Village of Sheldon1,130 ft
  29. Thornapple1,120 ft
  30. Stubbs1,100 ft
  31. Bruce1,100 ft
  32. Town of Big Bend1,090 ft
  33. Washington, Rusk County1,070 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.