Isabella County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Isabella County, Michigan, shaded from 660 ft on the east side to 1,260 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,260 ft 385 m1,110 ft 340 m1,040 ft 315 m890 ft 270 m740 ft 225 m660 ft 200 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

Isabella County averages about 860 ft (260 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 660 ft on the east side to 1,260 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
860 ft 260 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,260 ft 385 m
on the west side
Lowest
660 ft 200 m
on the east side

Isabella County spans about 600 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 land860 ft260 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,260 ft385 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the east side
660 ft200 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Mount Pleasant.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Isabella County, Michigan, shaded from 660 ft on the east side to 1,260 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
65,072 2024 est.
Land area
572.7 sq mi + 5.0 sq mi water
Density
114 per sq mi
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Great Lakes
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Clare County1,050 ft
  2. Mecosta County1,010 ft
  3. Montcalm County880 ft
  4. Isabella County860 ft
  5. Gratiot County730 ft
  6. Midland County670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 25 towns in Isabella County by typical elevation
  1. Coldwater Township, Isabella County1,040 ft
  2. Gilmore Township950 ft
  3. Rolland Township950 ft
  4. Broomfield Township940 ft
  5. Sherman Township, Isabella County930 ft
  6. Lake Isabella920 ft
  7. Weidman900 ft
  8. Nottawa Township, Isabella County870 ft
  9. Fremont Township, Isabella County870 ft
  10. Beal City870 ft
  11. Winn870 ft
  12. Vernon Township, Isabella County850 ft
  13. Deerfield Township, Isabella County840 ft
  14. Clare partly830 ft
  15. Lincoln Township, Isabella County830 ft
  16. Union Township790 ft
  17. Loomis780 ft
  18. Mount Pleasant780 ft
  19. Isabella Township780 ft
  20. Rosebush770 ft
  21. Wise Township770 ft
  22. Shepherd770 ft
  23. Coe Township760 ft
  24. Denver Township, Isabella County740 ft
  25. Chippewa Township740 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.