Bureau County, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bureau County, Illinois, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the south side
Elevation
960 ft 295 m830 ft 255 m760 ft 235 m640 ft 195 m510 ft 155 m440 ft 135 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
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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County area
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Elevation Data

Bureau County averages about 700 ft (215 m) above sea level across all its land. Its ground runs from 440 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the south side.

Average elevation
700 ft 215 m
all land inside the county
Highest
960 ft 290 m
on the south side
Lowest
440 ft 135 m
on the southeast side

Bureau County spans about 520 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where most of its land lies, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Average of all land700 ft215 m
Highest point
Inside the county, on the south side
960 ft290 m
Lowest point
Inside the county, on the southeast side
440 ft135 m

Elevation profile, south to north

24 mi south to north through Princeton Township.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Bureau County, Illinois, shaded from 440 ft on the southeast side to 960 ft on the south side
County boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
County in Illinois, United States
Population
32,486 2024 est.
Land area
869.1 sq mi + 4.4 sq mi water
Density
37 per sq mi
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Neighboring counties sharing a border, by average

  1. Lee County790 ft
  2. Stark County720 ft
  3. Henry County710 ft
  4. Bureau County700 ft
  5. Marshall County670 ft
  6. Whiteside County660 ft
  7. LaSalle County660 ft
  8. Putnam County610 ft

Rankings by average elevation

Peaks and hills highest inside

  • Gravel Hill830 ft
  • Indian Hill, Bureau County810 ft
  • Owls Head660 ft
All 49 towns in Bureau County by typical elevation
  1. Ohio900 ft
  2. Ohio Township890 ft
  3. Neponset820 ft
  4. Neponset Township820 ft
  5. Clarion Township800 ft
  6. La Moille790 ft
  7. La Moille Township790 ft
  8. Milo Township790 ft
  9. Buda780 ft
  10. Macon Township760 ft
  11. Arlington750 ft
  12. Dover740 ft
  13. Walnut710 ft
  14. Walnut Township710 ft
  15. Bureau Township710 ft
  16. Dover Township710 ft
  17. Berlin Township710 ft
  18. Concord Township700 ft
  19. Malden700 ft
  20. Manlius700 ft
  21. Sheffield700 ft
  22. Princeton700 ft
  23. Manlius Township, Bureau County690 ft
  24. Princeton Township690 ft
  25. Westfield Township690 ft
  26. Cherry680 ft
  27. Wheatland Township, Bureau County680 ft
  28. Wyanet650 ft
  29. Wyanet Township650 ft
  30. Hollowayville650 ft
  31. Ladd650 ft
  32. Greenville Township640 ft
  33. Mineral Township640 ft
  34. New Bedford640 ft
  35. Dalzell640 ft
  36. Mineral640 ft
  37. Fairfield Township630 ft
  38. Gold Township620 ft
  39. Seatonville620 ft
  40. Peru partly610 ft
  41. Hall Township600 ft
  42. Spring Valley580 ft
  43. Indiantown Township580 ft
  44. Arispie Township530 ft
  45. Tiskilwa520 ft
  46. Selby Township490 ft
  47. Leepertown Township490 ft
  48. Bureau Junction480 ft
  49. De Pue480 ft
How we measure
  • Average: every USGS 3DEP bare-earth cell of land inside the Census county boundary (TIGER/Line, Jan 1 2026), weighted equally, on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid. Land means the boundary minus Census area water.
  • Highest and lowest: the highest land cell. Lowest: the lowest land cell; coastal ground within 3 ft (1 m) of named tidal water counts as sea level.
  • Nearby Places: neighboring counties and rankings use each one's average elevation, on its own grid, the same figure its page shows. Peaks and hills: the highest summits inside the county with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence, then the highest federal (GNIS) summits inside it 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).
  • Towns: each town's typical elevation (population-weighted median of its own 2020 blocks at 1 arc-second); a town is listed when any of its 2020 residents live in the county.
  • 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 (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 (TIGER boundaries and water, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, county adjacency); NOAA NGS survey heights; BTS time zones. All public domain.