Waukesha, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waukesha, Wisconsin, shaded from 780 ft on the southwest side to 1,060 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m990 ft 300 m960 ft 290 m890 ft 270 m820 ft 250 m780 ft 240 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Waukesha sits at about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
880 ft 270 m
most residents: 810–940 ft
Lowest
780 ft 240 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the west side
Average
880 ft 265 m
all land inside city limits

Waukesha spans about 280 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
880 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,060 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southwest side
780 ft240 m
Town center
USGS map point for Waukesha
820 ft250 m
Airport (UES)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
912 ft278 m
Average of all land880 ft265 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.3 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Waukesha, Wisconsin, shaded from 780 ft on the southwest side to 1,060 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
71,461 2024 est.
Land area
25.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
2,800 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0117° N, 88.2315° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Fox River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Waukesha County (UES) 912 ft
ZIP codes 4
53072 53186 53188 53189
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wales1,000 ft
  2. Delafield990 ft
  3. Genesee960 ft
  4. Village of Waukesha880 ft
  5. Vernon880 ft
  6. Waukesha880 ft
  7. Village of Pewaukee870 ft
  8. Pewaukee870 ft
  9. New Berlin870 ft
  10. Town of Brookfield870 ft
  11. Brookfield850 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Holy Hill1,350 ft
  • Lapham Hill1,230 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.