Churchill Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Churchill Township, Michigan, shaded from 770 ft on the south side to 1,010 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,010 ft 310 m950 ft 290 m920 ft 280 m860 ft 260 m800 ft 245 m770 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.
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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

Churchill Township sits at about 840 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
840 ft 255 m
most residents: 800–910 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the south side
Highest
1,010 ft 310 m
on the northwest side
Average
870 ft 265 m
all land inside township boundaries

Churchill Township spans about 240 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
840 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,010 ft310 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the south side
770 ft235 m
Airport (Y31)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.7 mi southwest of the township boundaries
882 ft269 m
Average of all land870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, south to north

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

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Churchill Township, Michigan, shaded from 770 ft on the south side to 1,010 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States
Population
1,561 2024 est.
Land area
35.5 sq mi + 0.5 sq mi water
Density
44 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.2818° N, 84.0719° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Rifle River → Niagara River
Airport
West Branch Community (Y31) 882 ft
ZIP codes 3
48635 48661 48756
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Klacking Township1,110 ft
  2. West Branch950 ft
  3. West Branch Township940 ft
  4. Cumming Township920 ft
  5. Hill Township900 ft
  6. Logan Township850 ft
  7. Horton Township850 ft
  8. Churchill Township840 ft
  9. Richland Township, Ogemaw County810 ft
  10. Mills Township800 ft
  11. Skidway Lake800 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Preachers Hill1,500 ft
  • Wagon Wheel Hill1,490 ft
  • Tolfee Hill1,130 ft
  • Cook Hills (Historical)1,070 ft
  • Kuhn Hill1,030 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.