Pierson Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pierson Township, Michigan, shaded from 840 ft on the north side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,070 ft 325 m1,010 ft 310 m980 ft 300 m930 ft 285 m870 ft 265 m840 ft 255 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

Pierson Township sits at about 910 ft (275 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
910 ft 275 m
most residents: 880–930 ft
Lowest
840 ft 255 m
on the north side
Highest
1,070 ft 325 m
on the northwest side
Average
900 ft 275 m
all land inside township boundaries

Pierson Township spans about 230 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
910 ft275 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,070 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the north side
840 ft255 m
Town center
USGS map point for Pierson Township
910 ft280 m
Average of all land900 ft275 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Pierson Township, Michigan, shaded from 840 ft on the north side to 1,070 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States
Population
3,528 2024 est.
Land area
34.6 sq mi + 1.6 sq mi water
Density
102 per sq mi
Coordinates
43.3197° N, 85.4978° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Flat River → Grand River
ZIP codes 3
49329 49339 49343
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Ensley Township940 ft
  2. Village of Sand Lake920 ft
  3. Maple Valley Township910 ft
  4. Trufant910 ft
  5. Pierson Township910 ft
  6. Pierson910 ft
  7. Nelson Township910 ft
  8. Reynolds Township890 ft
  9. Howard City880 ft
  10. Solon Township860 ft
  11. Cedar Springs850 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Brady Hills1,090 ft
  • Cheney Hills1,020 ft
  • Bettes Tower Hill870 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.