Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-03-18
HEIGHT ABOVE
SEA LEVEL AT
POINTS NEARBY
Mt. Ida is COunty's Highest
POint.-Mississippi the
LOwest.-MOre Data.

Judge Wilmott's interesting "Pio-
neer Notes." covering among other
things the elevations above sea level
of various parts of the county, sent
the Herald reporter on a still hunt for
further information. Consulting a
spirit level chart in the highway office
in the Herald building we find mass
of data covering elevations all over
the state. Mt. Ida, for instance, is the
highest point in Grant county, mar
ker in a garage there showing an ele-
walton of 1918 feet above sea level.
This point is about 20 miles from the
river level of 600 feet which shows
that Grant county is a rather high
plateau.
Elevations Above Sea Level
County points along the Mississippi
river are the lowest being something
above 600 feet above sea level 600
feet is the river elevation at Eagle
Point at the extreme southern part of
county. According to the spirit Level
book as compiled by reliable engin-
GERS, the following elevations obtain at
various uocal and nearby points:
Dodgeville, 1921; Belmont, Ills;
Benton, 922; Platteville, 994; Graf
lot, 1913; Shullsburg, 1921; George
town, 996; Highland, 1882; Muscoda,
sos; Richland Center, 707; Lloyd,
$40; Eastman, 1917; Bradtville, 1105;
Wyalusing, $40; Lancaster Jet, 117S;
Pigeon Creek bridge below Lancaster,
957; Sitter, 1178; Potosi station,
GAG; Fairplay, 1858; Dickeyville, 957;
Animation bridge over Platte, 81; Bee
town p. o., sos; Preston, 1140; Mt.
Hope, 1889; Bloomington, 912; Patch
Grove, 1040; Mt Ida, 1913; Ellen
bore bridge across Platte, 724; Mill
tary Ridge above Patch Grove, 1149;
Mississippi at Eagle Point, 500; Liv
ingston, 1140; Platteville, 992; Haz-
ell Green, $40; Montfort, 1900; Lam
caster city, 100; Sinsinawa, 1850;
Grant river at Klondyke Spring, 780;
Gate of Glenn Park, 1880; Bagley,
GAL.
1t will be noted that the drop from
the Glenn Park table land to the river
is very close to 900 feet which ac-
counts for the commanding view at
the point above the river.
Rib Hill, States Highest Point.
These are but a few of the attitudes
nearby area. Incidentally, Rib Hill,
in Marathon county near Wausau, is
the highest point in the state. 1t
towers its messy head 1910 feet above
sea level. A movement is on to make
majestic bluff a state park. Another
commanding point is Blue Mound in
Dane county. 1t is the highest point
in southern Wisconsin, being 1920 feet
above sea level. The mound can be
seen for miles and is a beautiful APP
proach over a fertile prairie country.
But when going over it in car you
hardly notice the elevation, so easy is
the grade.
Platteville and Belmont mounds, a
few miles east of Lancaster, are but
1900 feet above sea level although
they look much higher. The high ap-
pearance of the mounds is due to the
relatively low attitudes near the base
about 1000 feet Sinsinawa Mound
is but 1850 feet in the air and $50 high
at the base. 1t has the same appear
ance of great height.
Biologists explain the origin Of the
mounds by saying that they are in the
so-called driftless area chat is I'M
touched by glacial erosion which
swept the state ages ago. and being
of Niagara limestone, an extremely
hard rock, they did not respond to or
binary erosive influences. So they
tower their heads after the centuries
have leveled the surrounding region,
beautiful and sedate ornaments to a
smiling landscape.