Bessemer Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bessemer Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,190 ft on the north side to 1,790 ft near the middle
Elevation
1,790 ft 545 m1,640 ft 500 m1,560 ft 475 m1,410 ft 430 m1,260 ft 385 m1,190 ft 360 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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.
Click or tap anywhere
The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Bessemer Township sits at about 1,510 ft (460 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,510 ft 460 m
most residents: 1,410–1,630 ft
Lowest
1,190 ft 360 m
on the north side
Highest
1,790 ft 545 m
near the middle
Average
1,580 ft 485 m
all land inside township boundaries

Bessemer Township spans about 600 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
1,510 ft460 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
1,790 ft545 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
1,190 ft360 m
Airport (IWD)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.7 mi northwest of the township boundaries
1,230 ft375 m
Average of all land1,580 ft485 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the middle of Bessemer Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bessemer Township, Michigan, shaded from 1,190 ft on the north side to 1,790 ft near the middle
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Gogebic County, Michigan, United States
Population
1,121 2024 est.
Land area
113.8 sq mi + 1.6 sq mi water
Density
9.9 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.4710° N, 90.0196° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Saint Marys River → Niagara River
Airport
Gogebic/Iron County (IWD) 1,230 ft
ZIP codes 5
49911 49938 49947 49959 49968
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Wakefield Township1,570 ft
  2. Montreal, WI1,540 ft
  3. Carey, WI1,540 ft
  4. Wakefield1,540 ft
  5. Erwin Township1,540 ft
  6. Bessemer Township1,510 ft
  7. Ironwood1,500 ft
  8. Hurley, WI1,490 ft
  9. Bessemer1,450 ft
  10. Ramsay1,450 ft
  11. Ironwood Township1,340 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Wolf Mountain1,810 ft
  • Mount Zion1,722 ft
  • Big Powderhorn Mountain1,630 ft
  • Copper Peak1,550 ft
  • Point Mountain1,240 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township 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 township 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; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.