Rutland, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rutland, Wisconsin, shaded from 860 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m1,010 ft 310 m980 ft 300 m930 ft 285 m880 ft 270 m860 ft 260 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
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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

Rutland sits at about 950 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
950 ft 290 m
most residents: 890–990 ft
Lowest
860 ft 260 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,060 ft 325 m
near the middle
Average
930 ft 285 m
all land inside town boundaries

Rutland spans about 200 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
950 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
1,060 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
860 ft260 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rutland
950 ft290 m
Average of all land930 ft285 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rutland, Wisconsin, shaded from 860 ft on the southeast side to 1,060 ft near the middle
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
1,932 2024 est.
Land area
34.4 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
56 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.8789° N, 89.3501° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Rock River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
53521 53575 53589
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Town of Oregon1,020 ft
  2. Brooklyn, Green County990 ft
  3. Fitchburg980 ft
  4. Village of Brooklyn970 ft
  5. Oregon970 ft
  6. Union, Rock County950 ft
  7. Rutland950 ft
  8. Evansville920 ft
  9. Stoughton890 ft
  10. Dunn880 ft
  11. Dunkirk880 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Liberty Pole Hill1,110 ft
  • Liberty Mound1,075 ft
  • Bascom Hill960 ft
  • Observatory Hill, Dane County960 ft
  • Mansion Hill930 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.