Oceana County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oceana County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 1,090 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,090 ft 330 m960 ft 290 m900 ft 275 m770 ft 235 m640 ft 195 m580 ft 175 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
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Oceana County averages about 760 ft (230 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft on the northeast side to 1,090 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
760 ft 230 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,090 ft 330 m
on the east side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the northeast side

Oceana County spans about 510 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 land760 ft230 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,090 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

55 mi west to east through Shelby Township, Oceana County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Oceana County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the northeast side to 1,090 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
27,014 2024 est.
Land area
538.1 sq mi + 767.8 sq mi water
Density
50 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. Newaygo County880 ft
  2. Sheboygan County, WI850 ft
  3. Ozaukee County, WI780 ft
  4. Oceana County760 ft
  5. Mason County690 ft
  6. Muskegon County670 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 24 towns in Oceana County by typical elevation
  1. Colfax Township, Oceana County880 ft
  2. Walkerville870 ft
  3. Leavitt Township860 ft
  4. Elbridge Township840 ft
  5. Shelby840 ft
  6. Shelby Township, Oceana County840 ft
  7. New Era790 ft
  8. Mears780 ft
  9. Crystal Township, Oceana County760 ft
  10. Newfield Township760 ft
  11. Ferry Township750 ft
  12. Hesperia740 ft
  13. Greenwood Township, Oceana County740 ft
  14. Benona Township710 ft
  15. Hart Township710 ft
  16. Claybanks Township700 ft
  17. Otto Township700 ft
  18. Grant Township, Oceana County690 ft
  19. Rothbury690 ft
  20. Golden Township680 ft
  21. Hart670 ft
  22. Weare Township660 ft
  23. Pentwater Township610 ft
  24. Pentwater610 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.