Carrier Mills Township, IL Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carrier Mills Township, Illinois, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 520 ft on the west side
Elevation
520 ft 160 m480 ft 145 m460 ft 140 m420 ft 130 m380 ft 115 m360 ft 110 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
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Township area
Fades everything outside the official township boundaries (US Census).

Elevation Data

Carrier Mills Township sits at about 400 ft (120 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
400 ft 120 m
most residents: 380–420 ft
Lowest
360 ft 110 m
on the southeast side
Highest
520 ft 160 m
on the west side
Average
410 ft 125 m
all land inside township boundaries

Carrier Mills Township spans about 160 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
400 ft120 m
Highest point
Inside township boundaries, on the west side
520 ft160 m
Lowest point
Inside township boundaries, on the southeast side
360 ft110 m
Town center
USGS map point for Carrier Mills Township
400 ft120 m
Average of all land410 ft125 m

Elevation profile, west to east

6.0 mi west to east through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Carrier Mills Township, Illinois, shaded from 360 ft on the southeast side to 520 ft on the west side
Township boundaries (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 20 ft (6 m).
Location
Township in Saline County, Illinois, United States
Population
2,227 2024 est.
Land area
37.0 sq mi + 2.1 sq mi water
Density
60 per sq mi
Coordinates
37.6842° N, 88.6328° W
Time zone
Central UTC−6 / −5
Landform region
Central Lowland
Drains to
Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of America
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Mountain Township520 ft
  2. Crab Orchard510 ft
  3. Independence Township430 ft
  4. Brushy Township430 ft
  5. Stonefort Township420 ft
  6. Stonefort420 ft
  7. Carrier Mills Township400 ft
  8. Carrier Mills400 ft
  9. Harrisburg Township380 ft
  10. Harrisburg380 ft
  11. Muddy370 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Williams Hill1,060 ft
  • Bald Knob, Saline County1,000 ft
  • Potato Hill, Pope County960 ft
  • Wamble Mountain940 ft
  • Sand Hill570 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).
  • 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.