Wells Township, Marquette County, MI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells Township, Marquette County, Michigan, shaded from 910 ft on the east side to 1,290 ft on the northwest side
Elevation
1,290 ft 390 m1,190 ft 365 m1,140 ft 350 m1,050 ft 320 m950 ft 290 m910 ft 275 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.
Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Wells Township, Marquette County sits at about 1,040 ft (315 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
1,040 ft 315 m
most residents: 970–1,120 ft
Lowest
910 ft 275 m
on the east side
Highest
1,290 ft 390 m
on the northwest side
Average
1,060 ft 320 m
all land inside township boundaries

Wells Township, Marquette County spans about 380 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
1,040 ft315 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northwest side
1,290 ft390 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the east side
910 ft275 m
Average of all land1,060 ft320 m

Elevation profile, west to east

13 mi west to east through the middle of Wells Township, Marquette County.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Wells Township, Marquette County, Michigan, shaded from 910 ft on the east side to 1,290 ft on the northwest side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Marquette County, Michigan, United States
Population
218 2024 est.
Land area
154.3 sq mi + 0.8 sq mi water
Density
1.4 per sq mi
Coordinates
46.0306° N, 87.4752° W
Time zone
Eastern UTC−5 / −4
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Ford River
ZIP codes 3
49818 49831 49841
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Felch Township1,190 ft
  2. West Branch Township, Dickinson County1,180 ft
  3. Gwinn1,110 ft
  4. Breen Township1,090 ft
  5. Turin Township1,060 ft
  6. Wells Township, Marquette County1,040 ft
  7. Ewing Township970 ft
  8. Rock950 ft
  9. Maple Ridge Township, Delta County950 ft
  10. Cornell Township810 ft
  11. Baldwin Township, Delta County780 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Green Hills1,690 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.