Gun Plain Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gun Plain Township, Michigan, shaded from 700 ft on the west side to 1,000 ft on the southeast side
Elevation
1,000 ft 305 m920 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m810 ft 250 m740 ft 225 m700 ft 215 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.
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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

Gun Plain Township sits at about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
760 ft 230 m
most residents: 720–900 ft
Lowest
700 ft 215 m
on the west side
Highest
1,000 ft 305 m
on the southeast side
Average
790 ft 240 m
all land inside township boundaries

Gun Plain Township spans about 300 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
760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
1,000 ft305 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
700 ft215 m
Average of all land790 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the middle of Gun Plain Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Gun Plain Township, Michigan, shaded from 700 ft on the west side to 1,000 ft on the southeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Allegan County, Michigan, United States
Population
6,161 2024 est.
Land area
34.0 sq mi + 0.3 sq mi water
Density
181 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.4629° N, 85.6124° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Kalamazoo River
ZIP codes 2
49070 49080
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Prairieville Township930 ft
  2. Cooper Township860 ft
  3. Martin830 ft
  4. Martin Township810 ft
  5. Alamo Township790 ft
  6. Watson Township790 ft
  7. Orangeville Township770 ft
  8. Gun Plain Township760 ft
  9. Otsego Township730 ft
  10. Plainwell730 ft
  11. Otsego710 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Hogback980 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.