Wise County topographic map
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Wise County
Wise County lies in north-central Texas where the Grand Prairie and Western Cross Timbers meet, giving the county a varied but generally low-relief upland character. Its surface is a mix of flat to gently undulating central terrain and more broken, hilly country toward the west, with clayey soils, limestone and sandy layers shaping a landscape of prairies, oak woodlands, grazing land, and farmland. The county stands at an average elevation of about 800 feet (244 m), with local high ground rising above 1,200 feet (366 m) in the west and lower drainage corridors descending eastward toward Denton County and the Trinity River system. Much of the land is drained by the West Fork of the Trinity River, while creeks and reservoirs such as Lake Bridgeport occupy broader valleys, softening the plateau-like surface with shallow basins and stream-cut relief. Overall, Wise County presents a transitional North Texas topography: open prairie surfaces, wooded Cross Timbers ridges, rolling divides, and modest but noticeable elevation gradients from the higher western uplands toward the lower eastern plains.
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Name: Wise County topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Wise County, Texas, United States (32.99168 -97.92153 33.43394 -97.38295)
Average elevation: 892 ft
Minimum elevation: 643 ft
Maximum elevation: 1,260 ft
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