Carlton Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carlton Township, Michigan, shaded from 760 ft on the northwest side to 930 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
930 ft 285 m890 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m830 ft 250 m780 ft 240 m760 ft 235 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Carlton Township sits at about 820 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
820 ft 250 m
most residents: 810–860 ft
Lowest
760 ft 235 m
on the northwest side
Highest
930 ft 285 m
on the southeast side
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside township boundaries

Carlton Township spans about 170 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
820 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
930 ft285 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
760 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carlton Township
830 ft250 m
Airport (9D9)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi southwest of the township boundaries
800 ft244 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carlton Township, Michigan, shaded from 760 ft on the northwest side to 930 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Barry County, Michigan, United States
Population
2,438 2024 est.
Land area
35.1 sq mi + 0.6 sq mi water
Density
69 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.7267° N, 85.2514° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Grand River
Airport
Hastings (9D9) 800 ft
ZIP codes 3
48849 49058 49325
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Woodland880 ft
  2. Hastings Township880 ft
  3. Lake Odessa860 ft
  4. Woodland Township860 ft
  5. Odessa Township860 ft
  6. Campbell Township830 ft
  7. Hastings820 ft
  8. Carlton Township820 ft
  9. Clarksville820 ft
  10. Rutland Township800 ft
  11. Freeport790 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Hogback980 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. All public domain.