Van Buren County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft near the middle to 1,060 ft on the east side
Elevation
1,060 ft 325 m940 ft 285 m880 ft 270 m760 ft 230 m640 ft 195 m580 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
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

Van Buren County averages about 740 ft (225 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 580 ft near the middle to 1,060 ft on the east side.

Average elevation
740 ft 225 m
all land inside the county
Highest
1,060 ft 325 m
on the east side
Lowest
580 ft 175 m
near the middle

Van Buren County spans about 480 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 land740 ft225 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the east side
1,060 ft325 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, near the middle
580 ft175 m

Elevation profile, west to east

23 mi west to east through Antwerp Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Van Buren County, Michigan, shaded from 580 ft near the middle to 1,060 ft on the east side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Michigan, United States
Population
76,129 2024 est.
Land area
607.8 sq mi + 482.1 sq mi water
Density
125 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. Kalamazoo County880 ft
  2. Cass County840 ft
  3. Van Buren County740 ft
  4. Lake County, IL740 ft
  5. Allegan County710 ft
  6. Berrien County690 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Prospect Hill, Van Buren County890 ft
  • Thunder Mountain, Van Buren County810 ft
All 29 towns in Van Buren County by typical elevation
  1. Porter Township, Van Buren County920 ft
  2. Mattawan830 ft
  3. Antwerp Township810 ft
  4. Gobles810 ft
  5. Almena Township800 ft
  6. Lawton790 ft
  7. Keeler Township790 ft
  8. Pine Grove Township790 ft
  9. Decatur780 ft
  10. Decatur Township780 ft
  11. Hamilton Township, Van Buren County770 ft
  12. Bloomingdale Township760 ft
  13. Bloomingdale740 ft
  14. Paw Paw Township740 ft
  15. Paw Paw740 ft
  16. Lawrence Township730 ft
  17. Waverly Township720 ft
  18. Arlington Township710 ft
  19. Lawrence690 ft
  20. Columbia Township, Van Buren County680 ft
  21. Breedsville670 ft
  22. Hartford Township670 ft
  23. Bangor Township, Van Buren County660 ft
  24. Covert Township660 ft
  25. Hartford660 ft
  26. Bangor650 ft
  27. South Haven Township640 ft
  28. Geneva Township630 ft
  29. South Haven620 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.