Orleans Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orleans Township, Michigan, shaded from 770 ft on the northwest side to 950 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
950 ft 290 m910 ft 275 m880 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m800 ft 240 m770 ft 235 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.
Click or tap anywhere
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

Orleans Township sits at about 830 ft (250 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
830 ft 250 m
most residents: 810–850 ft
Lowest
770 ft 235 m
on the northwest side
Highest
950 ft 290 m
on the northwest side
Average
840 ft 255 m
all land inside township boundaries

Orleans Township spans about 180 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
830 ft250 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
950 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
770 ft235 m
Town center
USGS map point for Orleans Township
860 ft260 m
Airport (6D6)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.4 mi northwest of the township boundaries
855 ft261 m
Average of all land840 ft255 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Orleans Township, Michigan, shaded from 770 ft on the northwest side to 950 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in Ionia County, Michigan, United States
Population
2,723 2024 est.
Land area
35.2 sq mi + 1.1 sq mi water
Density
77 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.0686° N, 85.1350° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Grand River
Airport
Greenville Municipal (6D6) 855 ft
ZIP codes 3
48809 48846 48865
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Fairplain Township840 ft
  2. Otisco Township840 ft
  3. Keene Township830 ft
  4. Orleans Township830 ft
  5. Bushnell Township810 ft
  6. Ronald Township810 ft
  7. Belding810 ft
  8. Palo790 ft
  9. Easton Township780 ft
  10. Ionia Township780 ft
  11. Ionia760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.