Paw Paw Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw Township, Michigan, shaded from 680 ft on the northwest side to 890 ft on Prospect Hill
Elevation
890 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m810 ft 245 m760 ft 230 m700 ft 215 m680 ft 205 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Paw Paw Township sits at about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
740 ft 225 m
most residents: 720–770 ft
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the northwest side
Highest
890 ft 270 m
on Prospect Hill
Average
750 ft 230 m
all land inside township boundaries

Paw Paw Township spans about 210 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
740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on Prospect Hill
890 ft270 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
680 ft205 m
Town center
USGS map point for Paw Paw Township
730 ft225 m
Average of all land750 ft230 m

Elevation profile, south to north

6.0 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Paw Paw Township, Michigan, shaded from 680 ft on the northwest side to 890 ft on Prospect Hill
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Van Buren County, Michigan, United States
Population
6,915 2024 est.
Land area
35.0 sq mi + 2.0 sq mi water
Density
197 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2178° N, 85.8911° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Paw Paw River
ZIP codes 3
49045 49065 49079
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Porter Township, Van Buren County920 ft
  2. Mattawan830 ft
  3. Antwerp Township810 ft
  4. Almena Township800 ft
  5. Lawton790 ft
  6. Decatur Township780 ft
  7. Paw Paw Township740 ft
  8. Paw Paw740 ft
  9. Lawrence Township730 ft
  10. Waverly Township720 ft
  11. Lawrence690 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Bald Hill, Cass County1,170 ft
  • Mount Misery1,090 ft
  • Prospect Hill, Van Buren County890 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.