Anchor, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anchor, Illinois, shaded from 760 ft on the west side to 790 ft on the north side
Elevation
790 ft 240 m780 ft 240 m780 ft 240 m770 ft 235 m760 ft 235 m760 ft 230 m
Contours every 40 ft, bold every 200 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.
Village area
Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Anchor sits at about 770 ft (235 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
770 ft 235 m
nearly all residents at this height
Lowest
760 ft 230 m
on the west side
Highest
790 ft 240 m
on the north side
Average
770 ft 235 m
all land inside village limits

Anchor spans about 30 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
770 ft235 m
Highest point
Inside village limits, on the north side
790 ft240 m
Lowest point
Inside village limits, on the west side
760 ft230 m
Town center
USGS map point for Anchor
780 ft235 m
Average of all land770 ft235 m

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Anchor, Illinois, shaded from 760 ft on the west side to 790 ft on the north side
Village limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 10 ft (3 m).
Location
Village in McLean County, Illinois, United States
Population
160 2024 est.
Land area
0.2 sq mi
Density
936 per sq mi
Coordinates
40.5681° N, 88.5356° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mackinaw River → Illinois River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
ZIP codes 1
61720
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Sibley820 ft
  2. Sullivant Township820 ft
  3. Cropsey Township790 ft
  4. Anchor Township770 ft
  5. Anchor770 ft
  6. Strawn770 ft
  7. Fayette Township770 ft
  8. Lawndale Township750 ft
  9. Martin Township750 ft
  10. Colfax750 ft
  11. Belle Prairie Township750 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Blue Mound, McLean County850 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the village 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 village 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. All public domain.