Rust Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rust Township, Michigan, shaded from 730 ft on the east side to 1,100 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
1,100 ft 335 m1,010 ft 305 m960 ft 295 m870 ft 265 m780 ft 235 m730 ft 220 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
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

Rust Township sits at about 830 ft (255 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
830 ft 255 m
most residents: 750–960 ft
Lowest
730 ft 220 m
on the east side
Highest
1,100 ft 335 m
on the southwest side
Average
850 ft 260 m
all land inside township boundaries

Rust Township spans about 370 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 ft255 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southwest side
1,100 ft335 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
730 ft220 m
Town center
USGS map point for Rust Township
820 ft250 m
Airport (Y95)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 3.6 mi north of the township boundaries
853 ft260 m
Average of all land850 ft260 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Rust Township, Michigan, shaded from 730 ft on the east side to 1,100 ft on the southwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
Township in Montmorency County, Michigan, United States
Population
560 2024 est.
Land area
68.5 sq mi + 3.4 sq mi water
Density
8.2 per sq mi
Coordinates
44.9867° N, 83.9486° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Thunder Bay River
Airport
Hillman (Y95) 853 ft
ZIP codes 3
48619 49709 49746
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Clinton Township, Oscoda County1,050 ft
  2. Briley Township890 ft
  3. Avery Township890 ft
  4. Atlanta880 ft
  5. Loud Township870 ft
  6. Rust Township830 ft
  7. Montmorency Township820 ft
  8. Hillman Township800 ft
  9. Green Township, Alpena County770 ft
  10. Wellington Township760 ft
  11. Hillman760 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Tom1,460 ft
  • Rattlesnake Hills1,240 ft
  • Kelly Hills1,150 ft
  • Chin Whisker Hill1,090 ft
  • Manning Hill920 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); FAA airport data; BTS time zones. All public domain.