Wells, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells, Wisconsin, shaded from 800 ft on the west side to 1,430 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,430 ft 435 m1,270 ft 390 m1,190 ft 365 m1,040 ft 315 m880 ft 270 m800 ft 245 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
Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
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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

Wells sits at about 1,210 ft (365 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,210 ft 365 m
most residents: 910–1,340 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the west side
Highest
1,430 ft 435 m
on the east side
Average
1,090 ft 330 m
all land inside town boundaries

Wells spans about 630 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
1,210 ft365 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
1,430 ft435 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the west side
800 ft245 m
Airport (CMY)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 4.1 mi north of the town boundaries
839 ft256 m
Average of all land1,090 ft330 m

Elevation profile, south to north

5.9 mi south to north through the middle of Wells.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells, Wisconsin, shaded from 800 ft on the west side to 1,430 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Monroe County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
565 2024 est.
Land area
35.7 sq mi
Density
16 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.8618° N, 90.7388° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
La Crosse River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
Airport
Sparta/Fort Mc Coy (CMY) 839 ft
ZIP codes 3
54619 54648 54656
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Cashton1,360 ft
  2. Town of Jefferson1,310 ft
  3. Ridgeville1,310 ft
  4. Wells1,210 ft
  5. Adrian1,150 ft
  6. Melvina1,050 ft
  7. Norwalk1,030 ft
  8. Leon, Monroe County910 ft
  9. Angelo860 ft
  10. Town of Sparta850 ft
  11. Sparta790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Red Rock1,410 ft
  • Limekiln Hill1,410 ft
  • Link Hill1,320 ft
  • Coles Peak1,310 ft
  • Stevens Knoll1,030 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.