Howell, MI Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
960 ft 295 m940 ft 285 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 275 m890 ft 270 m880 ft 265 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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
Howell sits at about 920 ft (280 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
920 ft 280 m
most residents: 900–940 ft
Lowest
880 ft 265 m
on the west side
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the southeast side
Average
920 ft 280 m
all land inside city limits
Howell spans about 90 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 | 920 ft280 m |
| Highest point Inside city limits, on the southeast side | 970 ft295 m |
| Lowest point Inside city limits, on the west side | 880 ft265 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Howell | 940 ft285 m |
| Airport (OZW) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.2 mi northwest of the city limits | 962 ft293 m |
| Average of all land | 920 ft280 m |
Elevation profile, west to east
2.6 mi west to east through the town center.
Topographic Map
- Location
- City in Livingston County, Michigan, United States
- Population
- 9,914 2024 est.
- Land area
- 5.0 sq mi + 0.2 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,986 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 42.6073° N, 83.9294° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Shiawassee River
- Airport
- Livingston County/Spencer J Hardy (OZW) 962 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 48843 48855
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Hartland Township1,000 ft
- Hartland990 ft
- Genoa Township960 ft
- Oceola Township960 ft
- Marion Township950 ft
- Brighton940 ft
- Howell920 ft
- Iosco Township920 ft
- Howell Township910 ft
- Handy Township900 ft
- Fowlerville900 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Michigan489th highest of 1,985
- Towns in Livingston County9th highest of 21
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Prospect Hill, Washtenaw County1,050 ft
- Peach Mountain1,040 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.