Shiawassee County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shiawassee County, Michigan, shaded from 640 ft on the north side to 970 ft on the southwest side
Elevation
970 ft 295 m880 ft 270 m840 ft 255 m760 ft 230 m680 ft 205 m640 ft 195 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.
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
County area
Fades everything outside the official county boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Shiawassee County averages about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 640 ft on the north side to 970 ft on the southwest side.

Average elevation
790 ft 240 m
all land inside the county
Highest
970 ft 295 m
on the southwest side
Lowest
640 ft 195 m
on the north side

Shiawassee County spans about 330 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 land790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the southwest side
970 ft295 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the north side
640 ft195 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Owosso.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Shiawassee County, Michigan, shaded from 640 ft on the north side to 970 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
67,982 2024 est.
Land area
531.1 sq mi + 9.8 sq mi water
Density
128 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. Livingston County930 ft
  2. Ingham County910 ft
  3. Shiawassee County790 ft
  4. Genesee County790 ft
  5. Clinton County770 ft
  6. Gratiot County730 ft
  7. Saginaw County630 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Hog Island860 ft
All 30 towns in Shiawassee County by typical elevation
  1. Morrice890 ft
  2. Perry890 ft
  3. Perry Township880 ft
  4. Shaftsburg880 ft
  5. Antrim Township870 ft
  6. Woodhull Township860 ft
  7. Bancroft850 ft
  8. Burns Township850 ft
  9. Byron840 ft
  10. Shiawassee Township840 ft
  11. Bennington Township820 ft
  12. Laingsburg820 ft
  13. Sciota Township820 ft
  14. Durand790 ft
  15. Vernon Township790 ft
  16. Lennon780 ft
  17. Vernon780 ft
  18. Venice Township770 ft
  19. Owosso Township760 ft
  20. Caledonia Township, Shiawassee County750 ft
  21. Middlebury Township750 ft
  22. Corunna750 ft
  23. Owosso740 ft
  24. Middletown740 ft
  25. Rush Township730 ft
  26. New Haven Township730 ft
  27. Fairfield Township, Shiawassee County730 ft
  28. Henderson730 ft
  29. Hazelton Township700 ft
  30. New Lothrop690 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.
  • 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.