Kalamazoo County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, shaded from 690 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,050 ft 320 m960 ft 295 m920 ft 280 m830 ft 250 m740 ft 225 m690 ft 210 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

Kalamazoo County averages about 880 ft (270 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 690 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on the northwest side.

Average elevation
880 ft 270 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,050 ft 320 m
on the northwest side
Lowest
690 ft 210 m
on the northwest side

Kalamazoo County spans about 360 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 land880 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
1,050 ft320 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northwest side
690 ft210 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Kalamazoo.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Kalamazoo County, Michigan, shaded from 690 ft on the northwest side to 1,050 ft on the northwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
264,780 2024 est.
Land area
562.0 sq mi + 18.3 sq mi water
Density
471 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. Calhoun County940 ft
  2. Barry County880 ft
  3. Kalamazoo County880 ft
  4. St. Joseph County850 ft
  5. Van Buren County740 ft
  6. Allegan County710 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 29 towns in Kalamazoo County by typical elevation
  1. Climax970 ft
  2. Climax Township950 ft
  3. Oshtemo Township950 ft
  4. Westwood930 ft
  5. Richland920 ft
  6. Texas Township920 ft
  7. Richland Township920 ft
  8. Kalamazoo Township910 ft
  9. Scotts910 ft
  10. Wakeshma Township910 ft
  11. South Gull Lake900 ft
  12. Comstock Northwest890 ft
  13. Ross Township890 ft
  14. Prairie Ronde Township880 ft
  15. Portage880 ft
  16. Charleston Township880 ft
  17. Schoolcraft880 ft
  18. Comstock Township860 ft
  19. Pavilion Township860 ft
  20. Schoolcraft Township860 ft
  21. Eastwood860 ft
  22. Kalamazoo860 ft
  23. Cooper Township860 ft
  24. Brady Township860 ft
  25. Vicksburg860 ft
  26. Parchment840 ft
  27. Augusta810 ft
  28. Galesburg790 ft
  29. Alamo Township790 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.