Altamont, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Altamont, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the south side to 640 ft on the south side
Elevation
640 ft 195 m630 ft 190 m620 ft 190 m610 ft 185 m590 ft 180 m590 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
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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

Altamont sits at about 620 ft (190 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
620 ft 190 m
most residents: 610–620 ft
Lowest
590 ft 180 m
on the south side
Highest
640 ft 195 m
on the south side
Average
620 ft 190 m
all land inside city limits

Altamont spans about 50 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
620 ft190 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
640 ft195 m
Lowest point
Inside city limits, on the south side
590 ft180 m
Town center
USGS map point for Altamont
620 ft190 m
Average of all land620 ft190 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Altamont, Illinois, shaded from 590 ft on the south side to 640 ft on the south side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
City in Effingham County, Illinois, United States
Population
2,200 2024 est.
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
1,431 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.0620° N, 88.7481° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Little Wabash River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
62411
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Altamont620 ft
  2. Moccasin Township620 ft
  3. Mound Township620 ft
  4. St. Elmo620 ft
  5. Avena Township610 ft
  6. Beecher City610 ft
  7. Liberty Township, Effingham County610 ft
  8. Summit Township600 ft
  9. Loudon Township590 ft
  10. West Township580 ft
  11. Jackson Township, Effingham County570 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Dean Hills698 ft
  • Bowling Green Hill670 ft
  • Island Hill, Fayette County570 ft
  • White Oak Mound510 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, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.