Branch County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Branch County, Michigan, shaded from 840 ft on the northwest side to 1,120 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,120 ft 340 m1,050 ft 320 m1,020 ft 310 m940 ft 290 m870 ft 265 m840 ft 255 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Branch County averages about 960 ft (295 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 840 ft on the northwest side to 1,120 ft on the southeast side.

Average elevation
960 ft 295 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,120 ft 340 m
on the southeast side
Lowest
840 ft 255 m
on the northwest side

Branch County spans about 280 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land960 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,120 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Coldwater.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Branch County, Michigan, shaded from 840 ft on the northwest side to 1,120 ft on the southeast side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
46,187 2024 est.
Land area
506.4 sq mi + 13.3 sq mi water
Density
91 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Hillsdale County1,060 ft
  2. Steuben County, IN1,000 ft
  3. Branch County960 ft
  4. Calhoun County940 ft
  5. LaGrange County, IN920 ft
  6. St. Joseph County850 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 21 towns in Branch County by typical elevation
  1. California Township1,060 ft
  2. Algansee Township1,030 ft
  3. Quincy1,010 ft
  4. Quincy Township1,010 ft
  5. Kinderhook Township1,000 ft
  6. Butler Township1,000 ft
  7. Ovid Township990 ft
  8. Coldwater Township970 ft
  9. Coldwater970 ft
  10. Gilead Township960 ft
  11. Girard Township950 ft
  12. Bethel Township940 ft
  13. Batavia Township940 ft
  14. Noble Township920 ft
  15. Bronson910 ft
  16. Bronson Township910 ft
  17. Union Township, Branch County910 ft
  18. Union City900 ft
  19. Matteson Township890 ft
  20. Sherwood Township880 ft
  21. Sherwood880 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.