Osceola County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Osceola County, Michigan, shaded from 940 ft on the south side to 1,710 ft on the north side
Elevation
1,710 ft 520 m1,520 ft 460 m1,420 ft 435 m1,230 ft 375 m1,040 ft 315 m940 ft 285 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

Osceola County averages about 1,170 ft (355 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 940 ft on the south side to 1,710 ft on the north side.

Average elevation
1,170 ft 355 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,710 ft 520 m
on the north side
Lowest
940 ft 285 m
on the south side

Osceola County spans about 770 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 land1,170 ft355 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the north side
1,710 ft520 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the south side
940 ft285 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Reed City.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Osceola County, Michigan, shaded from 940 ft on the south side to 1,710 ft on the north side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
23,484 2024 est.
Land area
566.3 sq mi + 6.7 sq mi water
Density
41 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. Missaukee County1,210 ft
  2. Wexford County1,170 ft
  3. Osceola County1,170 ft
  4. Clare County1,050 ft
  5. Mecosta County1,010 ft
  6. Lake County960 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 22 towns in Osceola County by typical elevation
  1. Sherman Township, Osceola County1,310 ft
  2. Highland Township, Osceola County1,290 ft
  3. Rose Lake Township1,280 ft
  4. Hartwick Township1,250 ft
  5. Le Roy1,250 ft
  6. Cedar Township1,240 ft
  7. Tustin1,220 ft
  8. Burdell Township1,220 ft
  9. Le Roy Township1,220 ft
  10. Lincoln Township, Osceola County1,150 ft
  11. Marion Township, Osceola County1,120 ft
  12. Marion1,110 ft
  13. Evart Township1,090 ft
  14. Middle Branch Township1,090 ft
  15. Richmond Township, Osceola County1,080 ft
  16. Orient Township1,060 ft
  17. Osceola Township, Osceola County1,050 ft
  18. Reed City1,040 ft
  19. Sylvan Township, Osceola County1,030 ft
  20. Evart1,030 ft
  21. Hersey Township1,000 ft
  22. Hersey980 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.