Center Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Center Township, Michigan, shaded from 650 ft on the northwest side to 1,110 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,110 ft 340 m1,000 ft 305 m940 ft 285 m820 ft 250 m710 ft 215 m650 ft 200 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.
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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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Center Township sits at about 800 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
800 ft 245 m
most residents: 720–920 ft
Lowest
650 ft 200 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,110 ft 340 m
on the southwest side
Average
800 ft 245 m
all land inside township boundaries

Center Township spans about 460 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
800 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,110 ft340 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
650 ft200 m
Airport (PLN)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi east of the township boundaries
721 ft220 m
Average of all land800 ft245 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the middle of Center Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Center Township, Michigan, shaded from 650 ft on the northwest side to 1,110 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Emmet County, Michigan, United States
Population
523 2024 est.
Land area
34.3 sq mi + 1.0 sq mi water
Density
15 per sq mi
Coordinates
45.5993° N, 84.9171° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Pellston Regional/Emmet County (PLN) 721 ft
ZIP codes 2
49755 49769
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Readmond Township900 ft
  2. Friendship Township900 ft
  3. Pleasantview Township870 ft
  4. Bliss Township820 ft
  5. Center Township800 ft
  6. Levering760 ft
  7. McKinley Township700 ft
  8. Pellston700 ft
  9. Maple River Township690 ft
  10. Cross Village Township690 ft
  11. Cross Village670 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Emmet Heights1,320 ft
  • Mount Pisage1,180 ft
  • Island View Hill1,170 ft
  • McCort Hill790 ft
  • Billiau Hill790 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 650 ft at 45.6365° N, 84.9465° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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 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.