Eaton County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Eaton County, Michigan, shaded from 780 ft on the north side to 1,000 ft on the south side
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m940 ft 285 m920 ft 280 m860 ft 265 m810 ft 245 m780 ft 240 m
Contours every 500 ft, bold every 2,500 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Eaton County averages about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 780 ft on the north side to 1,000 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
890 ft 270 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the south side
Lowest
780 ft 240 m
on the north side

Eaton County spans about 220 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 land890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
780 ft240 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Delta Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Eaton County, Michigan, shaded from 780 ft on the north side to 1,000 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
109,494 2024 est.
Land area
575.2 sq mi + 4.2 sq mi water
Density
190 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Jackson County980 ft
  2. Calhoun County940 ft
  3. Ingham County910 ft
  4. Eaton County890 ft
  5. Barry County880 ft
  6. Ionia County800 ft
  7. Clinton County770 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 28 towns in Eaton County by typical elevation
  1. Brookfield Township930 ft
  2. Olivet930 ft
  3. Vermontville920 ft
  4. Hamlin Township, Eaton County920 ft
  5. Kalamo Township920 ft
  6. Eaton Township910 ft
  7. Charlotte900 ft
  8. Potterville900 ft
  9. Carmel Township900 ft
  10. Vermontville Township900 ft
  11. Walton Township890 ft
  12. Eaton Rapids Township890 ft
  13. Chester Township, Eaton County890 ft
  14. Windsor Township880 ft
  15. Eaton Rapids880 ft
  16. Benton Township, Eaton County880 ft
  17. Bellevue Township870 ft
  18. Oneida Township870 ft
  19. Roxand Township870 ft
  20. Mulliken870 ft
  21. Bellevue870 ft
  22. Dimondale860 ft
  23. Sunfield860 ft
  24. Lansing partly860 ft
  25. Sunfield Township860 ft
  26. Waverly860 ft
  27. Delta Township860 ft
  28. Grand Ledge850 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 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • 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.