Atlas Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Atlas Township, Illinois, shaded from 440 ft near the middle to 800 ft on the northeast side
Elevation
800 ft 245 m710 ft 215 m670 ft 205 m580 ft 175 m480 ft 150 m440 ft 135 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 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
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

Atlas Township sits at about 680 ft (205 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
680 ft 205 m
most residents: 450–730 ft
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
near the middle
Highest
800 ft 245 m
on the northeast side
Average
540 ft 165 m
all land inside township boundaries

Atlas Township spans about 360 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
680 ft205 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the northeast side
800 ft245 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, near the middle
440 ft135 m
Town center
USGS map point for Atlas Township
490 ft150 m
Average of all land540 ft165 m

Elevation profile, west to east

8.9 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Atlas Township, Illinois, shaded from 440 ft near the middle to 800 ft on the northeast side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Pike County, Illinois, United States
Population
436 2024 est.
Land area
63.8 sq mi + 4.2 sq mi water
Density
6.8 per sq mi
Coordinates
39.5139° N, 90.9696° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. El Dara740 ft
  2. Derry Township730 ft
  3. Martinsburg Township700 ft
  4. Atlas Township680 ft
  5. Louisiana, MO510 ft
  6. Clarksville, MO480 ft
  7. Pleasant Hill Township480 ft
  8. Pleasant Vale Township480 ft
  9. Pleasant Hill460 ft
  10. Rockport460 ft
  11. Ross Township, Pike County450 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • The Mound, Adams County850 ft
  • Calvert Hill740 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).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, 440 ft at 39.4965° N, 90.9874° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted.
  • 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); BTS time zones. All public domain.