Franklin Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin Township, Michigan, shaded from 830 ft on the southeast side to 1,080 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,080 ft 330 m1,020 ft 310 m990 ft 300 m920 ft 280 m860 ft 265 m830 ft 255 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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

Franklin Township sits at about 950 ft (290 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
950 ft 290 m
most residents: 870–1,020 ft
Lowest
830 ft 255 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the west side
Average
920 ft 280 m
all land inside township boundaries

Franklin Township spans about 250 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
950 ft290 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
1,080 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
830 ft255 m
Average of all land920 ft280 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.4 mi west to east through the middle of Franklin Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Franklin Township, Michigan, shaded from 830 ft on the southeast side to 1,080 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Lenawee County, Michigan, United States
Population
3,039 2024 est.
Land area
38.3 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
79 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.0390° N, 84.0726° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
River Raisin
ZIP codes 4
49236 49265 49286 49287
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Onsted990 ft
  2. Cambridge Township980 ft
  3. Vineyard Lake980 ft
  4. Manchester Township970 ft
  5. Franklin Township950 ft
  6. Manchester910 ft
  7. Clinton Township, Lenawee County840 ft
  8. Clinton840 ft
  9. Tecumseh Township820 ft
  10. Adrian Township810 ft
  11. Tecumseh810 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Prospect Hill, Lenawee County1,220 ft
  • Hatt Hill1,160 ft
  • Irish Hill1,130 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.