Sylvan, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sylvan, Wisconsin, shaded from 780 ft on the southeast side to 1,260 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,140 ft 350 m1,080 ft 330 m960 ft 295 m840 ft 255 m780 ft 235 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
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Town area
Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sylvan sits at about 1,140 ft (345 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,140 ft 345 m
most residents: 1,040–1,210 ft
Lowest
780 ft 235 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
near the middle
Average
1,090 ft 330 m
all land inside town boundaries

Sylvan spans about 480 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
1,140 ft345 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, near the middle
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southeast side
780 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Sylvan
1,250 ft380 m
Average of all land1,090 ft330 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sylvan, Wisconsin, shaded from 780 ft on the southeast side to 1,260 ft near the middle
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
532 2024 est.
Land area
36.1 sq mi
Density
15 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.4225° N, 90.6282° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Wisconsin River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
53581 54655 54664
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sylvan1,140 ft
  2. Forest, Richland County1,130 ft
  3. Liberty, Vernon County1,120 ft
  4. Kickapoo1,110 ft
  5. Town of Marshall1,080 ft
  6. Akan1,060 ft
  7. Clayton, Crawford County1,030 ft
  8. Viola780 ft
  9. Soldiers Grove770 ft
  10. Readstown760 ft
  11. Boaz740 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Hill1,190 ft
  • Mount Nebo1,160 ft
  • Mount Sheldon1,160 ft
  • Cribben Hill1,140 ft
  • Indianhead1,140 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. All public domain.