Mecosta County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mecosta County, Michigan, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 1,280 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,280 ft 390 m1,160 ft 355 m1,100 ft 335 m990 ft 300 m880 ft 265 m820 ft 250 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

Mecosta County averages about 1,010 ft (310 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 820 ft on the southwest side to 1,280 ft on the west side.

Average elevation
1,010 ft 310 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,280 ft 390 m
on the west side
Lowest
820 ft 250 m
on the southwest side

Mecosta County spans about 460 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 land1,010 ft310 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the west side
1,280 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
820 ft250 m

Elevation profile, west to east

24 mi west to east through Big Rapids.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Mecosta County, Michigan, shaded from 820 ft on the southwest side to 1,280 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
41,947 2024 est.
Land area
555.2 sq mi + 16.1 sq mi water
Density
76 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. Osceola County1,170 ft
  2. Mecosta County1,010 ft
  3. Montcalm County880 ft
  4. Newaygo County880 ft
  5. Isabella County860 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 23 towns in Mecosta County by typical elevation
  1. Chippewa Township, Mecosta County1,080 ft
  2. Martiny Township1,030 ft
  3. Wheatland Township1,020 ft
  4. Sheridan Township, Mecosta County1,020 ft
  5. Austin Township1,020 ft
  6. Grant Township, Mecosta County1,020 ft
  7. Fork Township1,010 ft
  8. Colfax Township1,010 ft
  9. Millbrook Township1,000 ft
  10. Mecosta980 ft
  11. Morton Township980 ft
  12. Canadian Lakes980 ft
  13. Barryton980 ft
  14. Big Rapids Township970 ft
  15. Hinton Township970 ft
  16. Green Township970 ft
  17. Stanwood970 ft
  18. Deerfield Township, Mecosta County960 ft
  19. Paris960 ft
  20. Big Rapids940 ft
  21. Aetna Township930 ft
  22. Mecosta Township910 ft
  23. Morley900 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.