Sturgis Township, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sturgis Township, Michigan, shaded from 800 ft on the northwest side to 910 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
910 ft 280 m890 ft 270 m870 ft 265 m850 ft 260 m820 ft 250 m810 ft 245 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Sturgis Township sits at about 890 ft (270 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
890 ft 270 m
most residents: 860–900 ft
Lowest
800 ft 245 m
on the northwest side
Highest
910 ft 280 m
on the northeast side
Average
870 ft 265 m
all land inside township boundaries

Sturgis Township spans about 110 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
890 ft270 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
910 ft280 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
800 ft245 m
Airport (IRS)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 0.3 mi northeast of the township boundaries
925 ft282 m
Average of all land870 ft265 m

Elevation profile, south to north

3.5 mi south to north through the middle of Sturgis Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Sturgis Township, Michigan, shaded from 800 ft on the northwest side to 910 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Township in St. Joseph County, Michigan, United States
Population
2,024 2024 est.
Land area
17.3 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
Density
117 per sq mi
Coordinates
41.7882° N, 85.4576° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Saint Joseph River
Airport
Kirsch Municipal (IRS) 925 ft
ZIP codes 1
49091
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sturgis920 ft
  2. Fawn River Township910 ft
  3. Sturgis Township890 ft
  4. Sherman Township890 ft
  5. Ontario, IN880 ft
  6. Burr Oak Township880 ft
  7. Howe, IN880 ft
  8. Burr Oak880 ft
  9. Lima Township, IN880 ft
  10. Van Buren Township, LaGrange County, IN850 ft
  11. Scott, IN840 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Colon Mountain970 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.