Southgate, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southgate, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 620 ft on the west side
Elevation
620 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m610 ft 185 m600 ft 180 m590 ft 180 m580 ft 180 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 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.
City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Southgate sits at about 590 ft (180 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
590 ft 180 m
most residents: 590–600 ft
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
on the east side
Highest
620 ft 190 m
on the west side
Average
600 ft 180 m
all land inside city limits

Southgate spans about 40 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
590 ft180 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the west side
620 ft190 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the east side
580 ft175 m
Town center
USGS map point for Southgate
590 ft180 m
Airport (DTW)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 6.4 mi west of the city limits
645 ft197 m
Average of all land600 ft180 m

Elevation profile, west to east

2.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Southgate, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft on the east side to 620 ft on the west side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Wayne County, Michigan, United States
Population
29,081 2024 est.
Land area
6.9 sq mi
Density
4,230 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.2139° N, 83.1938° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Niagara River
Airport
Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 645 ft
ZIP codes 1
48195
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Taylor610 ft
  2. Woodhaven600 ft
  3. Allen Park600 ft
  4. Riverview600 ft
  5. Southgate590 ft
  6. Melvindale590 ft
  7. Trenton590 ft
  8. Lincoln Park590 ft
  9. Ecorse580 ft
  10. Wyandotte580 ft
  11. River Rouge580 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

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).
  • 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.