Coldwater, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Coldwater, Michigan, shaded from 920 ft on the northwest side to 1,030 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,030 ft 315 m1,000 ft 305 m990 ft 300 m960 ft 295 m940 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Coldwater sits at about 970 ft (295 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
970 ft 295 m
most residents: 960–1,000 ft
Lowest
920 ft 280 m
on the northwest side
Highest
1,030 ft 315 m
on the east side
Average
970 ft 295 m
all land inside city limits

Coldwater spans about 110 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
970 ft295 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
1,030 ft315 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northwest side
920 ft280 m
Town center
USGS map point for Coldwater
970 ft295 m
Airport (OEB)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.6 mi west of the city limits
958 ft292 m
Average of all land970 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

3.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Coldwater, Michigan, shaded from 920 ft on the northwest side to 1,030 ft on the east side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Branch County, Michigan, United States
Population
14,314 2024 est.
Land area
9.5 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
1,514 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.9403° N, 85.0005° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Saint Joseph River
Airport
Branch County Memorial (OEB) 958 ft
ZIP codes 1
49036
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Algansee Township1,030 ft
  2. Quincy1,010 ft
  3. Quincy Township1,010 ft
  4. Kinderhook Township1,000 ft
  5. Ovid Township990 ft
  6. Coldwater Township970 ft
  7. Coldwater970 ft
  8. Girard Township950 ft
  9. Bethel Township940 ft
  10. Batavia Township940 ft
  11. Matteson Township890 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dixon Hill1,100 ft
  • Stony Point Hill1,010 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city 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 city 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.