Columbia Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia Township, Michigan, shaded from 940 ft on the northeast side to 1,130 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,130 ft 345 m1,080 ft 330 m1,060 ft 320 m1,010 ft 310 m960 ft 295 m940 ft 285 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.
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

Columbia Township sits at about 990 ft (305 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
990 ft 305 m
most residents: 970–1,010 ft
Lowest
940 ft 285 m
on the northeast side
Highest
1,130 ft 345 m
on the southwest side
Average
1,000 ft 305 m
all land inside township boundaries

Columbia Township spans about 190 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
990 ft305 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,130 ft345 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
940 ft285 m
Average of all land1,000 ft305 m

Elevation profile, west to east

7.9 mi west to east through the middle of Columbia Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Columbia Township, Michigan, shaded from 940 ft on the northeast side to 1,130 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Jackson County, Michigan, United States
Population
7,502 2024 est.
Land area
36.6 sq mi + 3.0 sq mi water
Density
205 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.1077° N, 84.2861° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
River Raisin
ZIP codes 4
49201 49230 49233 49234
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Somerset Township1,060 ft
  2. Cement City1,060 ft
  3. Woodstock Township1,060 ft
  4. Liberty Township1,050 ft
  5. Columbia Township990 ft
  6. Brooklyn980 ft
  7. Cambridge Township980 ft
  8. Vineyard Lake980 ft
  9. Norvell Township970 ft
  10. Napoleon Township970 ft
  11. Napoleon960 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bunday Hill1,220 ft
  • Prospect Hill, Lenawee County1,220 ft
  • Hatt Hill1,160 ft
  • Irish Hill1,130 ft
  • Sackrider Hill1,120 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.