Saginaw County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saginaw County, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the northeast side to 740 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
740 ft 225 m700 ft 210 m680 ft 205 m630 ft 195 m590 ft 180 m570 ft 175 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

Saginaw County averages about 630 ft (190 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 570 ft on the northeast side to 740 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
630 ft 190 m
all land inside the county
Highest
740 ft 225 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
570 ft 175 m
on the northeast side

Saginaw County spans about 170 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 land630 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
740 ft225 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the northeast side
570 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

34 mi west to east through Saginaw.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Saginaw County, Michigan, shaded from 570 ft on the northeast side to 740 ft on the southwest side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
187,714 2024 est.
Land area
800.8 sq mi + 15.2 sq mi water
Density
234 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. Shiawassee County790 ft
  2. Genesee County790 ft
  3. Gratiot County730 ft
  4. Tuscola County710 ft
  5. Midland County670 ft
  6. Saginaw County630 ft
  7. Bay County620 ft

Rankings by average elevation

All 43 towns in Saginaw County by typical elevation
  1. Oakley680 ft
  2. Merrill670 ft
  3. Jonesfield Township670 ft
  4. Brady Township, Saginaw County670 ft
  5. Lakefield Township, Saginaw County660 ft
  6. Maple Grove Township660 ft
  7. Chapin Township650 ft
  8. Hemlock650 ft
  9. Frankenmuth650 ft
  10. Marion Township, Saginaw County650 ft
  11. Richland Township, Saginaw County640 ft
  12. Chesaning Township640 ft
  13. Chesaning640 ft
  14. Birch Run Township640 ft
  15. Burt630 ft
  16. Birch Run630 ft
  17. Frankenmuth Township630 ft
  18. Fremont Township, Saginaw County630 ft
  19. Reese partly630 ft
  20. Freeland620 ft
  21. Tittabawassee Township620 ft
  22. Taymouth Township620 ft
  23. Brant Township610 ft
  24. Saginaw Township610 ft
  25. Blumfield Township610 ft
  26. Buena Vista610 ft
  27. Buena Vista Township610 ft
  28. Bridgeport Township610 ft
  29. Bridgeport610 ft
  30. Saginaw610 ft
  31. Thomas Township610 ft
  32. Albee Township600 ft
  33. Shields600 ft
  34. Swan Creek Township600 ft
  35. St. Charles Township600 ft
  36. St. Charles600 ft
  37. Kochville Township600 ft
  38. Spaulding Township590 ft
  39. James Township590 ft
  40. Carrollton Township590 ft
  41. Robin Glen-Indiantown590 ft
  42. Zilwaukee580 ft
  43. Zilwaukee Township580 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.
  • 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, 550 ft at 43.4660° N, 83.9018° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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.