Crystal, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crystal, Michigan, shaded from 780 ft on the southeast side to 840 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
840 ft 255 m820 ft 250 m810 ft 250 m800 ft 245 m790 ft 240 m780 ft 235 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.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Crystal sits at about 810 ft (245 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
810 ft 245 m
most residents: 800–820 ft
Lowest
780 ft 235 m
on the southeast side
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on the southwest side
Average
810 ft 245 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Crystal spans about 60 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
810 ft245 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southwest side
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on the southeast side
780 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Crystal
820 ft250 m
Average of all land810 ft245 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Crystal, Michigan, shaded from 780 ft on the southeast side to 840 ft on the southwest side
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States
Population
888 2020 Census
Land area
2.8 sq mi + 1.3 sq mi water
Density
322 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.2631° N, 84.9147° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Grand River
ZIP codes 1
48818
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Day Township960 ft
  2. Ferris Township850 ft
  3. Evergreen Township850 ft
  4. Bushnell Township810 ft
  5. Crystal810 ft
  6. Elm Hall800 ft
  7. Crystal Township790 ft
  8. Sumner Township770 ft
  9. New Haven Township, Gratiot County770 ft
  10. Bloomer Township770 ft
  11. Carson City760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Island720 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, 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 CDP boundary (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.
  • Crystal is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones. All public domain.