Swartz Creek, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swartz Creek, Michigan, shaded from 750 ft on the northeast side to 830 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
830 ft 250 m810 ft 245 m800 ft 245 m780 ft 240 m760 ft 230 m750 ft 230 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Swartz Creek sits at about 790 ft (240 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
790 ft 240 m
most residents: 770–800 ft
Lowest
750 ft 230 m
on the northeast side
Highest
830 ft 250 m
on the northeast side
Average
790 ft 240 m
all land inside city limits

Swartz Creek spans about 80 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
790 ft240 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
830 ft250 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the northeast side
750 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Swartz Creek
790 ft240 m
Airport (FNT)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.9 mi east of the city limits
782 ft238 m
Average of all land790 ft240 m

Elevation profile, west to east

1.5 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Swartz Creek, Michigan, shaded from 750 ft on the northeast side to 830 ft on the northeast side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Genesee County, Michigan, United States
Population
5,848 2024 est.
Land area
4.2 sq mi
Density
1,395 per sq mi
Coordinates
42.9573° N, 83.8305° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Airport
Bishop International (FNT) 782 ft
ZIP codes 1
48473
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Gaines860 ft
  2. Mundy Township810 ft
  3. Gaines Township, Genesee County810 ft
  4. Durand790 ft
  5. Swartz Creek790 ft
  6. Lennon780 ft
  7. Venice Township770 ft
  8. Flint Township770 ft
  9. Flint760 ft
  10. Clayton Township760 ft
  11. Flushing730 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Holly1,240 ft
  • Hog Island860 ft
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 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.