Rose City, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rose City, Michigan, shaded from 910 ft on the southeast side to 1,080 ft on the west side
Elevation
1,080 ft 330 m1,040 ft 315 m1,020 ft 310 m970 ft 295 m930 ft 285 m910 ft 280 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Rose City sits at about 980 ft (300 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
980 ft 300 m
most residents: 930–1,050 ft
Lowest
910 ft 280 m
on the southeast side
Highest
1,080 ft 330 m
on the west side
Average
970 ft 295 m
all land inside city limits

Rose City spans about 170 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
980 ft300 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
1,080 ft330 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the southeast side
910 ft280 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rose City
960 ft290 m
Average of all land970 ft295 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rose City, Michigan, shaded from 910 ft on the southeast side to 1,080 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Ogemaw County, Michigan, United States
Population
582 2024 est.
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
540 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.4214° N, 84.1167° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Rifle River → Niagara River
ZIP codes 1
48654
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Foster Township1,270 ft
  2. Klacking Township1,110 ft
  3. Rose Township, Ogemaw County1,050 ft
  4. Rose City980 ft
  5. West Branch950 ft
  6. West Branch Township940 ft
  7. Goodar Township930 ft
  8. Lupton920 ft
  9. Cumming Township920 ft
  10. Hill Township900 ft
  11. Churchill Township840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Preachers Hill1,500 ft
  • Wagon Wheel Hill1,490 ft
  • Maltby Hills1,400 ft
  • Auger Hill1,380 ft
  • Timberline Mountain1,280 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the city limits, 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 city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 910 ft at 44.4185° N, 84.1071° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.