Delta County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delta County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the shore of Lake Michigan to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m950 ft 290 m880 ft 270 m760 ft 230 m640 ft 195 m580 ft 175 m
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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
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County area
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Elevation Data

Delta County averages about 730 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the shore of Lake Michigan to 1,070 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
730 ft 225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the shore of Lake Michigan

Delta County spans about 490 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land730 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the shore of Lake Michigan
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, south to north

49 mi south to north through Escanaba.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Delta County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the shore of Lake Michigan to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
36,687 2024 est.
Land area
1,171.1 sq mi + 820.2 sq mi water
Density
31 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland 99%
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Marquette County1,240 ft
  2. Alger County860 ft
  3. Menominee County790 ft
  4. Leelanau County760 ft
  5. Schoolcraft County730 ft
  6. Delta County730 ft
  7. Door County, WI670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 19 towns in Delta County by typical elevation
  1. Rock950 ft
  2. Maple Ridge Township, Delta County950 ft
  3. Cornell Township810 ft
  4. Baldwin Township, Delta County780 ft
  5. Bark River Township740 ft
  6. Escanaba Township720 ft
  7. Brampton Township710 ft
  8. Wells Township700 ft
  9. Fairbanks Township640 ft
  10. Ensign Township640 ft
  11. Ford River Township620 ft
  12. Garden Township620 ft
  13. Nahma Township610 ft
  14. Escanaba610 ft
  15. Gladstone610 ft
  16. Masonville Township610 ft
  17. Bay de Noc Township600 ft
  18. Garden600 ft
  19. Rapid River590 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 2 arc-second (≈200 ft, 62 m) grid, coarsened from 1 arc-second so the whole area fits one run. Land means the boundary minus Census area water (on this grid, water areas of at least half a cell).
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 highest grid cells. Lowest: the lowest land cell, re-read at 1 arc-second around the 25 lowest grid cells; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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, 560 ft at 45.8021° N, 87.0938° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.