Lawrence Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lawrence Township, Michigan, shaded from 650 ft on the west side to 840 ft on the east side
Elevation
840 ft 255 m790 ft 240 m770 ft 235 m720 ft 220 m680 ft 205 m650 ft 200 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Lawrence Township sits at about 730 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
730 ft 225 m
most residents: 680–780 ft
Lowest
650 ft 200 m
on the west side
Highest
840 ft 255 m
on the east side
Average
740 ft 225 m
all land inside township boundaries

Lawrence Township spans about 190 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.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
730 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
840 ft255 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
650 ft200 m
Town center
USGS map point for Lawrence Township
690 ft210 m
Average of all land740 ft225 m

Elevation profile, west to east

5.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Lawrence Township, Michigan, shaded from 650 ft on the west side to 840 ft on the east side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Van Buren County, Michigan, United States
Population
3,292 2024 est.
Land area
34.6 sq mi + 1.2 sq mi water
Density
95 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2192° N, 86.0514° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Paw Paw River
ZIP codes 4
49045 49057 49064 49079
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Hamilton Township, Van Buren County770 ft
  2. Paw Paw Township740 ft
  3. Paw Paw740 ft
  4. Lawrence Township730 ft
  5. Waverly Township720 ft
  6. Arlington Township710 ft
  7. Lawrence690 ft
  8. Hartford Township670 ft
  9. Bangor Township, Van Buren County660 ft
  10. Hartford660 ft
  11. Bangor650 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Prospect Hill, Van Buren County890 ft
  • Thunder Mountain, Van Buren County810 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the township boundaries, 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 township boundaries (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); BTS time zones. All public domain.