Iron County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iron County, Michigan, shaded from 1,110 ft on the southeast side to 1,890 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,890 ft 575 m1,690 ft 515 m1,600 ft 485 m1,400 ft 430 m1,210 ft 370 m1,110 ft 340 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
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.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Iron County averages about 1,540 ft (470 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 1,110 ft on the southeast side to 1,890 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,540 ft 470 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,890 ft 575 m
on the west side
Lowest
1,110 ft 340 m
on the southeast side

Iron County spans about 780 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 land1,540 ft470 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,890 ft575 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
1,110 ft340 m

Elevation profile, west to east

41 mi west to east through Iron River.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Iron County, Michigan, shaded from 1,110 ft on the southeast side to 1,890 ft on the west side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
11,709 2024 est.
Land area
1,166.1 sq mi + 45.1 sq mi water
Density
10 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Superior Upland
Drains to
Great Lakes 96%
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Vilas County, WI1,670 ft
  2. Forest County, WI1,590 ft
  3. Iron County1,540 ft
  4. Gogebic County1,470 ft
  5. Florence County, WI1,390 ft
  6. Baraga County1,340 ft
  7. Marquette County1,240 ft
  8. Dickinson County1,180 ft
  9. Ontonagon County1,120 ft
  10. Houghton County1,030 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Sheridan Hill1,850 ft
  • Michigamme Mountain1,580 ft
All 13 towns in Iron County by typical elevation
  1. Gaastra1,650 ft
  2. Bates Township1,610 ft
  3. Stambaugh Township1,580 ft
  4. Iron River Township1,580 ft
  5. Iron River1,570 ft
  6. Hematite Township1,500 ft
  7. Caspian1,490 ft
  8. Crystal Falls1,470 ft
  9. Crystal Falls Township1,470 ft
  10. Alpha1,460 ft
  11. Amasa1,450 ft
  12. Mansfield Township1,390 ft
  13. Mastodon Township1,380 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.