Gaastra, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Elevation

1,700 ft 515 m1,630 ft 500 m1,600 ft 490 m1,540 ft 470 m1,480 ft 450 m1,450 ft 440 m

Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 ft

USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau

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How to use this mapviews, tools and data

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.
City area: Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Gaastra sits at about 1,650 ft (500 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation

1,650 ft 500 m

most residents: 1,590–1,670 ft

Lowest

1,450 ft 440 m

on the west side

Highest

1,700 ft 515 m

on the northeast side

Average

1,600 ft 490 m

all land inside city limits

Gaastra 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.

Figure	Elevation
Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower	1,650 ft500 m
Highest point Inside city limits, on the northeast side	1,700 ft515 m
Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side	1,450 ft440 m
Town center USGS map point for Gaastra	1,610 ft490 m
Average of all land	1,600 ft490 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.8 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Location: City in Iron County, Michigan, United States
Population: 318 2024 est.
Land area: 1.6 sq mi
Density: 194 per sq mi
Coordinates: 46.0583° N, 88.6060° W
Time zone: Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region: Superior Upland
Drains to: Brule River → Menominee River
ZIP codes 1: 49927

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

Gaastra1,650 ft
Alvin, WI1,640 ft
Bates Township1,610 ft
Stambaugh Township1,580 ft
Iron River Township1,580 ft
Iron River1,570 ft
Tipler, WI1,570 ft
Caspian1,490 ft
Crystal Falls Township1,470 ft
Alpha1,460 ft
Mastodon Township1,380 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Towns in Michigan5th highest of 1,985
Towns in Iron Countyhighest of 13

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

Sheridan Hill1,850 ft

How we measure

Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (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.