Lapeer County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lapeer County, Michigan, shaded from 750 ft on the west side to 1,270 ft on Mount Christie
Elevation
1,270 ft 390 m1,140 ft 350 m1,080 ft 330 m950 ft 290 m820 ft 250 m750 ft 230 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Lapeer County averages about 870 ft (265 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 750 ft on the west side to 1,270 ft on Mount Christie.

Average elevation
870 ft 265 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,270 ft 390 m
on Mount Christie
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the west side

Lapeer County spans about 520 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 land870 ft265 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on Mount Christie (3DEP terrain model; no NGS survey height)
1,270 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the west side
750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

30 mi south to north through Lapeer.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lapeer County, Michigan, shaded from 750 ft on the west side to 1,270 ft on Mount Christie
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
89,168 2024 est.
Land area
647.5 sq mi + 15.4 sq mi water
Density
138 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. Oakland County930 ft
  2. Lapeer County870 ft
  3. Genesee County790 ft
  4. Sanilac County770 ft
  5. Tuscola County710 ft
  6. St. Clair County700 ft
  7. Macomb County680 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Mount Christie1,270 ft
  • Hadley Hills1,180 ft
  • Pinnacle Point1,100 ft
All 31 towns in Lapeer County by typical elevation
  1. Metamora1,050 ft
  2. Metamora Township1,040 ft
  3. Dryden Township970 ft
  4. Hadley Township940 ft
  5. Dryden940 ft
  6. Attica890 ft
  7. Attica Township890 ft
  8. Arcadia Township880 ft
  9. Otter Lake870 ft
  10. Elba Township860 ft
  11. Lapeer Township860 ft
  12. Almont850 ft
  13. Almont Township840 ft
  14. Goodland Township840 ft
  15. Lapeer840 ft
  16. Burnside Township830 ft
  17. Mayfield Township830 ft
  18. Imlay City830 ft
  19. Clifford830 ft
  20. Burlington Township, Lapeer County830 ft
  21. North Branch Township830 ft
  22. Imlay Township820 ft
  23. Oregon Township820 ft
  24. Brown City partly810 ft
  25. Marathon Township810 ft
  26. North Branch810 ft
  27. Deerfield Township800 ft
  28. Barnes Lake790 ft
  29. Millers Lake790 ft
  30. Rich Township790 ft
  31. Columbiaville780 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; it is a named summit, so its height is the peak method: the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it. 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.