Bowen, IL Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
710 ft 215 m700 ft 215 m700 ft 210 m690 ft 210 m680 ft 205 m680 ft 205 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
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- Village area
- Fades everything outside the official village limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Bowen sits at about 690 ft (210 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
690 ft 210 m
most residents: 680–690 ft
Lowest
680 ft 205 m
on the north side
Highest
690 ft 210 m
on the southeast side
Average
690 ft 210 m
all land inside village limits
Bowen is nearly flat: its ground varies by only about 10 ft, so the figures below sit close together.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 690 ft210 m |
| Highest point Inside village limits, on the southeast side | 690 ft210 m |
| Lowest point Inside village limits, on the north side | 680 ft205 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Bowen | 680 ft210 m |
| Average of all land | 690 ft210 m |
Topographic Map
- Location
- Village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States
- Population
- 447 2024 est.
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 1,044 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 40.2334° N, 91.0626° W
- Time zone
- Central UTC−6 / −5
- Landform region
- Central Lowland
- Drains to
- Bear Creek → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
- ZIP codes 1
- 62316
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Northeast Township720 ft
- La Prairie710 ft
- Houston Township690 ft
- Bowen690 ft
- Chili Township690 ft
- Bentley670 ft
- West Point670 ft
- Harmony Township670 ft
- St. Albans Township670 ft
- Augusta Township670 ft
- Augusta670 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Illinois999th highest of 2,872
- Towns in Hancock County5th highest of 39
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.