Wilson, Rusk County, WI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wilson, Rusk County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,190 ft on the southwest side to 1,700 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,700 ft 520 m1,570 ft 480 m1,510 ft 460 m1,380 ft 420 m1,250 ft 380 m1,190 ft 360 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

Wilson, Rusk County sits at about 1,400 ft (430 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,400 ft 430 m
most residents: 1,260–1,530 ft
Lowest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the southwest side
Highest
1,700 ft 520 m
on the east side
Average
1,430 ft 435 m
all land inside town boundaries

Wilson, Rusk County spans about 510 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
1,400 ft430 m
Highest point
Inside town boundaries, on the east side
1,700 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside town boundaries, on the southwest side
1,190 ft360 m
Average of all land1,430 ft435 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.8 mi west to east through the middle of Wilson, Rusk County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wilson, Rusk County, Wisconsin, shaded from 1,190 ft on the southwest side to 1,700 ft on the east side
Town boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States
Population
119 2024 est.
Land area
34.2 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
3.5 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.6049° N, 91.5086° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Red Cedar River → Chippewa River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 3
54817 54868 54895
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Meteor1,640 ft
  2. Wilkinson1,610 ft
  3. Wilson, Rusk County1,400 ft
  4. Birchwood1,300 ft
  5. Strickland1,300 ft
  6. Long Lake1,290 ft
  7. Edgewater1,260 ft
  8. Village of Birchwood1,260 ft
  9. Oak Grove, Barron County1,210 ft
  10. Cedar Lake1,210 ft
  11. Doyle1,210 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Meteor Hill1,800 ft
  • Mount Atlanta1,720 ft
  • Bald Hill1,710 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.