Sauk County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sauk County, Wisconsin, shaded from 690 ft on the southwest side to 1,590 ft on Sauk Point
Elevation
1,590 ft 485 m1,360 ft 415 m1,250 ft 380 m1,030 ft 315 m800 ft 245 m690 ft 210 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

Sauk County averages about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 690 ft on the southwest side to 1,590 ft on Sauk Point.

Average elevation
970 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,590 ft 485 m
on Sauk Point
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the southwest side

Sauk County spans about 900 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 land970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Sauk Point (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,590 ft485 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Baraboo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sauk County, Wisconsin, shaded from 690 ft on the southwest side to 1,590 ft on Sauk Point
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
66,486 2024 est.
Land area
831.6 sq mi + 17.6 sq mi water
Density
80 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
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. Vernon County1,090 ft
  2. Iowa County1,020 ft
  3. Sauk County970 ft
  4. Richland County960 ft
  5. Juneau County950 ft
  6. Dane County950 ft
  7. Columbia County910 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sauk Point1,590 ft
  • Happy Hill1,490 ft
  • Sauk Hill1,460 ft
  • Maple Hill, Sauk County1,450 ft
  • Thieman Hill1,220 ft
All 41 towns in Sauk County by typical elevation
  1. Lime Ridge1,180 ft
  2. Ironton1,160 ft
  3. Washington, Sauk County1,140 ft
  4. Town of Westfield1,130 ft
  5. Town of Greenfield1,090 ft
  6. Woodland1,080 ft
  7. Town of Franklin1,060 ft
  8. Freedom, Sauk County1,060 ft
  9. Winfield1,020 ft
  10. La Valle1,020 ft
  11. Bear Creek, Sauk County1,010 ft
  12. Town of Baraboo980 ft
  13. Cazenovia partly970 ft
  14. Village of Ironton950 ft
  15. Delton950 ft
  16. Town of Reedsburg950 ft
  17. Loganville950 ft
  18. Dellona940 ft
  19. Excelsior920 ft
  20. Fairfield910 ft
  21. Wisconsin Dells partly910 ft
  22. Village of La Valle910 ft
  23. Reedsburg910 ft
  24. Lake Delton900 ft
  25. West Baraboo900 ft
  26. Baraboo890 ft
  27. Rock Springs890 ft
  28. North Freedom880 ft
  29. Bluffview860 ft
  30. Sumpter860 ft
  31. Honey Creek860 ft
  32. Merrimac850 ft
  33. Troy, Sauk County840 ft
  34. Plain840 ft
  35. Lake Wisconsin partly830 ft
  36. Town of Prairie du Sac810 ft
  37. Village of Merrimac800 ft
  38. Prairie du Sac780 ft
  39. Sauk City760 ft
  40. Village of Spring Green720 ft
  41. Spring Green720 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.