Carleton, MI Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
640 ft 195 m630 ft 195 m630 ft 190 m620 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m610 ft 185 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
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- Village area
- Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Carleton sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 610–620 ft
Lowest
610 ft 185 m
on the east side
Highest
620 ft 190 m
on the southwest side
Average
610 ft 185 m
all land inside village limits
Carleton is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 620 ft190 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, on the southwest side | 620 ft190 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the east side | 610 ft185 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Carleton | 620 ft190 m |
| Airport (DTW) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 10 mi north of the village limits | 645 ft197 m |
| Average of all land | 610 ft185 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in Monroe County, Michigan, United States
- Population
- 2,302 2024 est.
- Land area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Density
- 2,323 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.0592° N, 83.3908° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Niagara River
- Airport
- Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 645 ft
- ZIP codes 1
- 48117
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Sumpter Township670 ft
- Maybee640 ft
- Exeter Township630 ft
- Huron Township620 ft
- Carleton620 ft
- Ash Township610 ft
- Frenchtown Township600 ft
- Flat Rock590 ft
- Berlin Township590 ft
- South Rockwood590 ft
- Rockwood590 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Michigan1,798th highest of 1,985
- Towns in Monroe County16th highest of 31
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village limits, 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 village limits (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. All public domain.