Vernon County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vernon County, Wisconsin, shaded from 620 ft on the west side to 1,390 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
1,390 ft 425 m1,200 ft 365 m1,100 ft 335 m910 ft 275 m720 ft 220 m620 ft 190 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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Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Vernon County averages about 1,090 ft (330 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 620 ft on the west side to 1,390 ft on the northeast side.

Average elevation
1,090 ft 330 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,390 ft 425 m
on the northeast side
Lowest
620 ft 190 m
on the west side

Vernon County spans about 770 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 land1,090 ft330 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
1,390 ft425 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
620 ft190 m

Elevation profile, west to east

46 mi west to east through Viroqua.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Vernon County, Wisconsin, shaded from 620 ft on the west side to 1,390 ft on the northeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Wisconsin, United States
Population
31,351 2024 est.
Land area
791.6 sq mi + 24.8 sq mi water
Density
40 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. Monroe County1,050 ft
  3. Allamakee County, IA1,010 ft
  4. Houston County, MN1,010 ft
  5. Sauk County970 ft
  6. Richland County960 ft
  7. Juneau County950 ft
  8. Crawford County950 ft
  9. La Crosse County900 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Pikes Peak, Vernon County1,280 ft
  • Wildcat Mountain1,270 ft
  • The Pinnacle, Vernon County1,250 ft
  • McElhose Hill1,250 ft
  • Perkins Hill1,240 ft
All 33 towns in Vernon County by typical elevation
  1. Westby1,290 ft
  2. Viroqua1,250 ft
  3. Forest, Vernon County1,250 ft
  4. Christiana, Vernon County1,250 ft
  5. Town of Greenwood1,240 ft
  6. Town of Clinton1,240 ft
  7. Town of Viroqua1,210 ft
  8. Union, Vernon County1,190 ft
  9. Webster1,180 ft
  10. Town of Jefferson1,180 ft
  11. Town of Franklin1,160 ft
  12. Coon1,150 ft
  13. Liberty, Vernon County1,120 ft
  14. Kickapoo1,110 ft
  15. Sterling, Vernon County1,110 ft
  16. Stark1,090 ft
  17. Town of Hillsboro1,080 ft
  18. Harmony, Vernon County1,070 ft
  19. Whitestown1,050 ft
  20. Wheatland, Vernon County1,030 ft
  21. Genoa1,010 ft
  22. Hamburg990 ft
  23. Hillsboro990 ft
  24. Bergen950 ft
  25. Ontario910 ft
  26. La Farge820 ft
  27. De Soto800 ft
  28. Viola partly780 ft
  29. Readstown760 ft
  30. Coon Valley740 ft
  31. Chaseburg730 ft
  32. Stoddard660 ft
  33. Village of Genoa660 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.