Ashland County, WI

What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Ashland County — and, just as importantly, what it can't.

Land area
1,045
sq mi
Water area
1,247.4
sq mi
County FIPS
55003
Center
46.544, -90.680

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Ashland County centroid

Centroid elevation
219
m (719 ft)
Terrain relief
261
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 219 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 261 m — hilly terrain by our banding (flat <30 m · gently rolling 30–100 m · hilly 100–300 m · mountainous >300 m). Water covers about 54% of the county's area (Census Gazetteer). These are county-scale context, not parcel measurements — a specific parcel gets its own slope, flood and usable-acreage readings when analyzed.

Elevation measured 2026-07-21 from the AWS Terrain Tiles (terrarium encoding, z10).

Data available for Ashland County

  • Owner of record, parcel number, assessed value and the county's parcel boundaryWisconsin publishes these as open data (Wisconsin Statewide Parcel Map Initiative). LandBenchmark reads them directly.
  • Legal description — township, range and section from the BLM Public Land Survey System.
  • FEMA flood zones, wetlands, soil survey and NCCPI soil productivity — the federal layers, all free and all available here.
  • 56 measured signals from satellite imagery and public records — slope and usable acreage, observed surface water, vegetation trend, wildfire and seismic hazard, access and neighboring land use. Each one cites its method, its source, and the date it was observed.

LandBenchmark has no listings and does not know what is for sale in Ashland County. It analyses a parcel you point it at. It is an automated Phase-1 desk screen, not a survey, a flood determination, or a substitute for on-site inspection.

Common questions about land in Ashland County

Can I see who owns a parcel in Ashland County?

Yes — Wisconsin publishes parcel ownership as open data (Wisconsin Statewide Parcel Map Initiative), so a LandBenchmark report on a Ashland County parcel shows the owner of record, parcel number and assessed value, cited to the state dataset.

How hilly is Ashland County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 261 m across a ~20–40 km window — hilly terrain by our banding. Individual parcels vary: a report measures the actual slope and usable acreage of the parcel you point it at.

What can LandBenchmark measure for a parcel in Ashland County?

56 measured signals, each cited with source and observation date: FEMA flood zone plus surface water observed in multi-year imagery, USFWS wetlands, USDA soil survey and productivity, slope and usable acreage, wildfire and seismic hazard, access and surroundings. What a satellite cannot verify — title, zoning, perc results, water rights — goes on a human-verify checklist naming the Ashland County offices that can.

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